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The superstar adds that end credits will clock in at more than six minutes!
Nayandeep Rakshit (DNA; October 16, 2014)

Trade reports recently claimed that Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Happy New Year, which went in for censor certification, had a running time of three hours and eight minutes. Three days ago, another report claimed that the film, which releases October 24, was three hours and four minutes long.

SRK puts those rumours to rest, saying, “It’s a long-ish film, probably longer than maybe a Chennai Express, but not as long as one trade analyst (Komal Nahta) has mentioned. He has not seen the film so he does not know about it. HNY’s runtime is less than three hours.”

He further reveals that the end credits run into six minutes because it features all the cast and crew members. “It’s a very big film, hence it has many technicians, dancers and other crew members. At times, we see films with huge VFX and the credits go on and on in the end. HNY has those many people who have participated in the film. When the VFX credits roll, we have almost 70-80 people and we put all of them in because Farah (Khan) wants that. Actually, I might be wrong because the rolling credits might even be a little longer than six minutes. It is not a lengthy film like that and after all, it is entertaining the audience, that’s all matters,” he concludes.