Veer-Zaara (2004)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Yash Chopra

Writers:

Aditya Chopra (dialogue)
Aditya Chopra (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 November 2004 (India)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

A Love Legend

Plot:

The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...

Plot Keywords:

Pakistan | Love | Rescue | Stranded | Prison

Awards:

20 wins & 27 nominations

Cast

Shahrukh Khan	...	Veer Pratap Singh
Preity Zinta	...	Zaara Hayaat Khan
Rani Mukherjee	...	Saamiya Siddiqui (as Rani Mukerji)
Kiron Kher	...	Mariam Hayaat Khan (as Kirron Kher)
Divya Dutta	...	Shabbo
Boman Irani	...	Jahangir Hayaat Khan
Anupam Kher	...	Zakir Ahmed
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Chaudhary Sumer Singh (Special Appearance)
Hema Malini	...	Maati (Special Appearance)
Manoj Bajpai	...	Razaa Shirazi (Special Appearance)
Zohra Sehgal	...	Bebe
S.M. Zaheer
Tom Alter
Akhilendra Mishra	...	Jailor
Arun Bali

Also Known As:

Veer Zaara (India: Hindi title) (alternative spelling)
Yash Chopra's Untitled Film (India: English title) (working title)
Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (India: English title) (complete title)

Runtime:

192 min

Country:

India

Language:

Urdu | Hindi | Punjabi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:PG | India:U | UK:U | Singapore:PG

Company:

Yash Raj Films

Trivia:

Anupam Kher stars with his wife Kiron Kher in this film, although they don't share the same frame.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: One early morning / Lifting the dark blanket of the night / From its pillow of mountain peak / The sun lifted its head / And saw... / The valley's heart is filled with the season of love / And the branches of memories have sprouted / Innumerable blossoms of moments past / That begin to scent the air...

Soundtrack:

Aisa Des Hai Mera

A beautiful epic love story from Yash Chopra!

The Chopras have proved once again that you can always count on them to provide the highest quality cinema. I'd first like to applaud Shahrukh for outdoing himself once again by playing both a young, simple-natured squadron and an old, tormented prisoner so convincingly. His skillful subtleties and attention to each detail of his performance have undoubtedly turned him to the best actor I have ever seen. I think he has even surpassed Amitabh. Even though Rani and Preity's roles didn't seem to demand too much from them, they gave a wonderful performance. Even Manoj Bajpai did an excellent job. The story is fabulous. Where the traditional Bollywood film could take the same situations with different outcomes for each event to turn the film into the same familiar fare, Veer-Zaara makes turns it into an epic love story where Veer and Zaara's names can be added to the list of Devdas and Paro, Shah Jahaan and Mumtaaz, etc. The main minus point of the film is its music. Warning: Don't listen to the music before watching the film or it will sound horrendous! Tere Liye, however, is extremely beautiful and melodic. After watching the movie, Aisa Des Hai Mera and Main Yahan Hoon are quite likable. Unfortunately, the latter two are not ones that one can keep humming for several months. Another minor yet negligible drawback is that this movie can't appeal as much to the youth as Yash Chopra's previous film, Dil to Pagal Hai. An addicting soundtrack and a youthful appeal were two things that seemed to be missing, which are usually guaranteed in every Chopra extravaganza. Nonetheless, Veer-Zaara is fantastic!