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{{Short description|2026 film directed by Vir Das and Kavi Shastri}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Happy Patel- Khatarnak Jasoos film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vir Das]] [[Kavi Shastri]]
| writer = Vir Das Amogh Randive
| producer = [[Aamir Khan]] Aparna Purohit Vir Das Kavi Shastri
| starring = {{plainlist|
*Vir Das
*[[Mithila Palkar]]
*[[Mona Singh]]
*[[Sharib Hashmi]]
*Shrushti Tawade
}}
| cinematography = Himman Dhamija
| editing = Daanish Shastri
| music = '''Songs:''' See [[#Soundtrack|soundtrack]] '''Score:''' Shalom Benjamin Nirmit Shah Parth Pandya 
| studio = Aamir Khan Productions
| distributor = [[PVR Inox Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2026|01|16}}
| runtime = 121 minutes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos |url=https://cbfcindia.gov.in/cbfcAdmin/search-result.php?recid=Q0EwMTE0MTIyMDI1MDAwMTQ= |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=[[Central Board of Film Certification]]}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{INR|6.84 crore}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-16 |title=Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos Box Office Collection |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/happy-patel-khatarnak-jasoos/box-office/ |access-date=2026-01-17 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |language=en}}</ref>
}}

'''''Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos''''' (''{{Translation|Happy Patel: Dangerous Spy}}'') is a 2026 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Spy film|spy]] [[Action comedy|action comedy film]] directed by [[Vir Das]] and [[Kavi Shastri]] and produced under [[Aamir Khan Productions]]. The film stars Vir Das, [[Mithila Palkar]], [[Mona Singh]], [[Sharib Hashmi]] and Srushti Tawade.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 December 2025 |title=‘Happy Patel’: Aamir Khan Productions announces Vir Das’ directorial debut featuring Imran Khan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/happy-patel-aamir-khan-productions-announce-vir-das-directorial-debut-featuring-imran-khan/article70352698.ece |access-date=16 January 2026 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2025 |title=Aamir Khan forces Vir Das to use his version of Happy Patel Khatarnaak Jasoos trailer: ‘I am a marketing genius, perfectionist’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aamir-khan-forces-vir-das-to-use-his-version-of-trailer-for-happy-patel-khatarnaak-jasoos-10426763/ |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> It also marked the silver screen return of [[Imran Khan (film actor)|Imran Khan]] over ten years after he last starred in ''[[Katti Batti]]'' (2015).

==Plot==
Happy Patel, the adopted son of two gay British secret agents, who aspired to follow his fathers' footsteps, and join the [[MI7]] covert agency, but failed, soon learns that he is of Indian origin. He is assigned to [[Goa]], on a mission, to rescue and retrieve a white woman who is being forced to work in a factory on developing a formula for a fairness cream by local Don Mama, who houses an inter-generational enmity with Happy, and is eager to settle scores.

==Cast==
*[[Vir Das]] as Happy Patel
**Krishiv Bhandari as young Happy
*[[Mithila Palkar]] as Rupa
*[[Mona Singh]] as Mama
*[[Sharib Hashmi]] as Geet
*Srushti Tawade<ref name="cinemaexpress">{{Cite web |last=Bhardwaj |first=Kartik |date=16 January 2026 |title=Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos Movie Review: Vir Das’s madcap spy-comedy has its moments |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/review/2026/Jan/16/happy-patel-khatarnak-jasoos-movie-review-vir-dass-madcap-spy-comedy-has-its-moments |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref> as Roxy
*[[Simon Feilder]] as Sebastian Paisley
*[[Benedict Garrett]] as Kenneth Mole
*Jemima Dunn as Mary Wilkins
*Hella Stichlmair as Aunty
*[[Aamir Khan]] as Jimmy Mario (cameo appearance)
*[[Imran Khan (film actor)|Imran Khan]] as Milind Morea (cameo appearance)<ref>{{cite web|title=Vir Das shares how Imran Khan offered to work in Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/imran-khan-returns-big-screen-happy-patel-khatarnak-jasoos-january-2026-2847493-2026-01-06|website=India Today|date=6 January 2026}}</ref>
*[[Sanjeev Kapoor]] as himself (cameo appearance)
*[[Meiyang Chang]] as himself (cameo appearance)
*[[Ash King]] as himself (special appearance in song "Banda Tere Liye")
*[[Sumukhi Suresh]] as Sakhubai Patel (cameo appearance)
*[[Ashwin Mushran]] as Instructor
* Mayank Parakh as Peter
* Vishwanath Kulkarni as Shailesh

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Vir Das]], Parth Parekh, Ajay Jayanthi, Akshay, IP Singh, Shalom Benjamin, Manan Mehta, Achint Thakkar, Nirmit Shah, Kaizad Gherda, Sidd Coutto, Shalom Benjamin and Alien Chutney
| caption = Soundtrack album cover
| released = 13 January 2026
| recorded = 2025
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 28:24
| language = Hindi
| label = [[Zee Music Company]]
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|R0sh6vYbcAE&list|Official Audio Jukebox}}
}}}}

The soundtrack is composed by [[Vir Das]], Parth Parekh, Ajay Jayanthi, Akshay, IP Singh, Shalom Benjamin, Manan Mehta, Achint Thakkar, Nirmit Shah, Kaizad Gherda, Sidd Coutto, Shalom Benjamin and Alien Chutney with the lyrics written by Vir Das, Mxrzi, [[Neeraj Pandey (writer)|Neeraj Pandey]], IP Singh, Manan Mehta, Suchita Shirke and Shalom Benjamin

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 28:24
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Banda Tere Liye
| extra1 = Ash King, Ajay Jayanthi, Mxrzi
| lyrics1 = Vir Das, Mxrzi & [[Neeraj Pandey (writer)|Neeraj Pandey]]
| music1 = Parth Parekh, Ajay Jayanthi
| length1 = 2:46
| title2 = Phukt Apan
| extra2 = Mxrzi
| lyrics2 = Vir Das, Mxrzi
| music2 = Vir Das, Parth Parekh
| length2 = 2:30
| title3 = Chaanta Tera
| extra3 = IP Singh, Nupoor Khedkar
| lyrics3 = IP Singh
| music3 = Akshay, IP Singh
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Alpha Male
| extra4 = Shalom Benjamin
| lyrics4 = Vir Das
| music4 = Vir Das, Shalom Benjamin
| length4 = 1:10
| title5 = Dushman
| extra5 = Ajay Jayanthi
| lyrics5 = Vir Das
| music5 = Vir Das, Manan Mehta
| length5 = 2:05
| title6 = Kill Kill Dil
| extra6 = Manan Mehta
| lyrics6 = Vir Das, Manan Mehta
| music6 = Vir Das, Manan Mehta
| length6 = 1:23
| title7 = Cous Cous
| extra7 = Vir Das
| lyrics7 = Vir Das
| music7 = Vir Das, Parth Parekh
| length7 = 0:38
| title8 = Legend of Jimmy Mario
| extra8 = Siddharth Basrur, Achint Thakkar
| lyrics8 = Vir Das
| music8 = Achint Thakkar, Vir Das
| length8 = 2:31
| title9 = Goa Aaja
| extra9 = Vir Das
| lyrics9 = Vir Das
| music9 = Vir Das & Parth Parekh
| length9 = 1:09
| title10 = Dhuaan
| extra10 = Shreya Bhattacharya
| lyrics10 = Vir Das
| music10 = Vir Das, Nirmit Shah
| length10 = 1:16
| title11 = Hindustani Hoon
| extra11 = Vir Das
| lyrics11 = Vir Das
| music11 = Kaizad Gherda, Vir Das
| length11 = 2:46
| title12 = Rest in Peace Mario
| extra12 = Samantha Edwards
| lyrics12 = Vir Das
| music12 = Sidd Coutto, Vir Das
| length12 = 2:12
| title13 = Ikde Naach
| extra13 = Devashri Manohar
| lyrics13 = Vir Das, Suchita Shirke
| music13 = Parth Parekh, Vir Das
| length13 = 0:33
| title14 = Yummy Yummy
| extra14 = Shalom Benjamin
| lyrics14 = Shalom Benjamin
| music14 = Shalom Benjamin
| length14 = 0:48
| title15 = Sajna Dilruba
| extra15 = Nimrit Shah, Vir Das, Alien Chutney, Akshay, IP Singh
| lyrics15 = Vir Das
| music15 = Nimrit Shah, Vir Das, Alien Chutney, Akshay, IP Singh
| length15 = 3:40
}}

== Release ==
=== Theatrical ===
''Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos'' was theatrically released on 16 January 2026.

=== Home media ===
The film is scheduled to stream on [[Netflix]] from 1 April 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2026 |title='Happy Patel' OTT release: When is Vir Das comedy out on streaming? |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2026/03/28/happy-patel-ott-release-when-is-vir-das-comedy-out-on-streaming.html |website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |access-date=28 March 2026}}</ref>

==Reception==
The film received mixed reviews from critics.

[[Deepa Gahlot]] of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Happy Patel is not supposed to make sense, and doesn't even pretend to. But most of the time, it is trying too hard -- which ruins any comedy -- and the jokes fall flat. Still, the silliness is layered with such good cheer that it does get some laughs".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gahlot |first=Deepa |title=Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos Review: Vir Das Deserves Better |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/happy-patel-khatarnak-jasoos-review-vir-das-deserves-better/20260116.htm |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>

[[Shubhra Gupta]] of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' gave 2/5 stars and said that "the film has too many ideas and jokes, tries to talk about everything at once, and as a result the comedy and emotions don’t land properly. A few performances and cameos are fun, but overall the movie feels messy and unfocused".<ref>{{Cite web |first=Shubhra|last=Gupta|date=16 January 2026 |title=Happy Patel Khatarnak Jasoos movie review: Featuring Vir Das, Aamir Khan and Imran Khan, in a film that’s all over the place |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/happy-patel-khatarnak-jasoos-movie-review-featuring-vir-das-aamir-khan-and-imran-khan-in-a-film-thats-all-over-the-place-10477289/ |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
Rahul Desai of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter India]]'' observed that "The Vir Das-starring comedy about a bumbling NRI spy in Goa is unapologetically crazy, clumsy and contagious and It is a Sparkling Comedy With No Inhibitions".<ref>{{Cite web |first=Rahul|last=Desai|date=16 January 2026 |title=‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’ Movie Review: Let’s Put A Smile On That Face|url=https://www.hollywoodreporterindia.com/reviews/theatrical/happy-patel-khatarnak-jasoos-movie-review-lets-put-a-smile-on-that-face|access-date=16 January 2026 |website=The Hollywood Reporter India|language=en}}</ref>

Rishabh Suri of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' rated 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Happy Patel must have sounded terrific on paper, largely because the film never intends to take itself seriously. Every character is given a quirk. The trouble is, it plays out like that friend in the group who is blissfully unaware of how half their jokes are unfunny. But one doesn't have the heart to tell them."<ref>{{Cite web |first=Rishabh|last=Desai|date=16 January 2026 |title=Happy Patel review: This Vir Das starrer aims to be quirky and different but quirky isn't always funny |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/happy-patel-review-this-vir-das-starrer-aims-to-be-quirky-and-different-but-quirky-isnt-always-funny-101768547873681.html |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

Sana Farzeen of ''[[India Today]]'' gave 3.5/5 stars and says that "the film successfully breaks the macho spy stereotype, is loud, absurd and self-aware, delivers genuine laughs, and works well if you don’t expect depth—just fun".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farzeen |first=Sana |date=16 January 2026 |title=Happy Patel review: Vir Das breaks spy movie stereotypes with madcap comedy |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/happy-patel-khatarnak-jasoos-review-vir-das-spy-comedy-breaks-bollywood-stereotypes-2852875-2026-01-16 |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

Radhika Sharma of ''[[NDTV]]'' gave 3/5 stars and states that "the film is silly, self-aware and chaotic fun—it doesn’t always make sense, but it delivers laughs, breaks the macho spy image, and is worth watching if you enjoy absurd humour".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Radhika |title=Happy Patel Khatarnaak Jasoos Review: Vir Das's Spy Comedy Is A Self-Aware, Silly, And Wild Ride |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/happy-patel-khatarnaak-jasoos-review-vir-dass-spy-comedy-is-a-self-aware-silly-and-wild-ride-3-stars-10763609 |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=NDTV}}</ref>

Nandini Ramnath of ''[[Scroll.in]]'' stated that "So silly that it’s juvenile and sometimes so anarchic that it almost escapes notice, the 121-minute Happy Patel takes refuge behind its conceit. This is a film about nothing pretending to be about something."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramnath |first=Nandini|title=‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’ review: In scattershot comedy, anything goes and little lands|url=https://scroll.in/reel/1089984/happy-patel-khatarnak-jasoos-review-in-scattershot-comedy-anything-goes-and-little-lands|access-date=16 January 2026 |website=Scroll.in}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt32245870}}

{{Aamir Khan}}

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[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]
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[[Category:Indian black comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian detective films]]
[[Category:2026 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films set in Goa]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:2020s spy comedy films]]
[[Category:2026 action comedy films]]
[[Category:Mafia comedy films]]

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