WATCH: Hot new local rom-com on the way!

Cape Town – Cynthia Jele’s award winning novel, Happiness is a Four-Letter Word gets the big screen treatment.

The film is a romantic drama that explores the lives of three best friends - Nandi, Zaza and Princess - living in the fast paced city of Johannesburg.

It stars: Mmabatho Montsho, Khanyi Mbau, Renate Stuurman, Tongayi Chirisa, Chris Attoh and Richard Lukunku.

Here it is! Our Official ?#‎HappinessMovie? Poster! Based on the award-winning novel by Cynthia Jele, three strong, empowered, and highly individual women find themselves having to negotiate new norms of being upwardly mobile black women in a rapidly changing South Africa. Starring Mmabatho Montsho, Khanyi Mbau, Renate Stuurman, The Real Tongayi Chirisa, Chris Attoh, Richard Lukunku in association with National Film and Video Foundation, Mzansi Magic and Ladies & Gentlemen Films.

A photo posted by Happiness Is A FourLetter Word (@happiness_movie) on Nov 27, 2015 at 2:16am PST

Friends getting ready for the big day - Our TV TRAILER releases 10 Dec exclusively on @vuzutv #VEntertainment 18:00 @mzansimagic #TuneIn

A photo posted by Happiness Is A FourLetter Word (@happiness_movie) on Dec 1, 2015 at 3:39am PST

Watch the trailer here:

The film will be released in cinemas nationwide on 19 February 2016.