The actress took to Twitter to share her "nervousness" as well as eagerness to start the shoot.
"Brand new schedule starts today of 'Happy New Year'...as usual woke up half hour before the alarm in excitement and nervousness," Farah posted on the microblogging site Tuesday.
The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani and Deepika Padukone and is slated to release during Diwali this year.