India, March 14 -- Very few actors can make viewers cry in their seats when they break down on screen. Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt come to mind quickly. Abhishek Bachchan is one of them too, and Be Happy benefits immensely from his performance.

Directed by Remo D'Souza, the film doesn't tread new ground. It follows Dhara (Inayat Verma), a pre-teen who dreams of winning a dance reality show. Her father, Shiv Rastogi (Abhishek), a middle-class bank employee, is raising her along with her grandfather (Nassar). Dhara idolises Maggie (Nora Fatehi), a dance instructor who encourages her to move to Mumbai and train at her academy. Shiv is firmly against the idea. How he comes around and starts viewing dance as more than just a hobby forms the re...