An old but delightful video from the year 1997 showing common Indians talking about their New Year resolutions has become popular on Instagram, just like a children’s movie: it made the audience laugh and remember the good old days.

The video, which is a part of the famous Shekhar Suman talk show, Moves and Shakers, presents common people’s candid and funny views about their resolutions. The video which was posted by @the90sindia shows how strange and relatable people’s goals were two decades back.

Hilarious New Year Resolutions

• A strict diet was determined by one woman but eventually resulted in the delivery of four plates of pav bhaji with extra butter.
• The second one set the goal of catching as many boyfriends as possible, while the third one was making saving her money her goal, claiming, “I want to spend less.”
• Funny goals were presented even by men and children: a man promised to only wear jeans and t-shirts, a woman in jest wished to leave home, and an understudy boy declared that he would not be taking books to school.

Public Reaction
The video has caused a wave of nostalgia on the internet with the audience appreciating the truthfulness, laughter, and straightforwardness of the people who took part in the 1997 event.Comments included:

• “Do you see the happiness in their eyes!”
• “Notice they were so casual and smarter.”
• “To think that the same people are sending WhatsApp forwards now.”

Since being shared on December 26, 2025, the video has amassed 9.7 lakh views and countless comments.

Google Trends on New Year’s Eve
The year 2025 brought a massive increase in the search volume for New Year’s Eve. Google Trends showed “new year’s eve,” “31 December ko kya hai,” “new year’s eve fireworks,” and “new year’s eve countdown” to be the most popular terms and, just after mid-morning, almost 500,000 searches were recorded on December 31.