Veer-Zaara (2004)

Director:

Yash Chopra

Writers:

Aditya Chopra (dialogue)
Aditya Chopra (screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

12 November 2004 (India)

Genre:

Drama | 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:

Male Female Relationship | Forbidden Love | Hindu | Rescue | Sugar Cane

Awards:

15 wins & 25 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
Gurdas Mann
Rushad Rana
Vinod Negi		(as Flt. Lt. Vinod Negi)
Balwant Bansal
Rajesh Jolly
Anup Kanwal Singh
Kanwar Jagdish
Dev K. Kantawall
Vicky Ahuja
Ranjeev Verma
Chandni Jas Keerat
Sanjay Singh Bhadli
Kulbir Baderson
Shivaya Singh
Huzeifa Gadiwalla
Vishal Sharma
Amir Zadey
Syed Firdaus		(as Sayyed Firdaus)
Manish Arora
Banwarhlal Jhol
Darshan Aulahk
Jitendra Bhardwaj		(as Jitendra Bharadwaj)
Pankaj Raina
Gurinder Singh		(as Gurinder Singh 'Ginda')
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yash Chopra	...	Narrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Yash Chopra

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Aditya Chopra		dialogue
Aditya Chopra		screenplay
Aditya Chopra		story

Produced by
Padam Bhushan	....	line producer
Aditya Chopra	....	producer
Pamela Chopra	....	associate producer
Payal Chopra	....	associate producer
Uday Chopra	....	associate producer
Yash Chopra	....	producer
Sanjay Shivalkar	....	line producer

Original Music by
Sanjeev Kohli
Madan Mohan		(as The Late Madan Mohan)

Cinematography by
Anil Mehta

Film Editing by
Ritesh Soni

Casting by
Sudesh Mahan

Art Direction by
Sharmishta Roy

Costume Design by
Mandira Shukla

Makeup Department
Ramchandra Asthule	....	assistant makeup artist
Ajay Bane	....	makeup artist: Preity Zinta
Milind Chauhan	....	makeup artist: Manoj Bajpai
Mangesh Desai	....	makeup artist: Anupam Kher
Lira D'Souza	....	hairdresser: Preity Zinta
Kamlesh Ghondindi	....	assistant special ageing makeup
Ram Ghosalkar	....	makeup artist: Rani Mukerji
Ravi Indulkar	....	makeup artist: Shahrukh Khan
Samip Juker	....	makeup artist: Hema Malini (as Samir Juker)
Prajay Mhapsekar	....	makeup artist: Divya Dutta
Nagendra Montu	....	assistant special ageing makeup
Savita More	....	hairdresser: Hema Malini
Amar Pathak	....	company makeup (as Amar Phatak)
Vidhyadhar Pathare	....	makeup artist: Kirron Kher
Rekha Patil	....	hairdresser: Divya Dutta
Anil Pemgirikar	....	special aging makeup (as Anil V. Pemgirikar)
Nalini Rajput	....	company hairdresser (as Nalini Rajput 'Geeta')
Nalini Rajput	....	hairdresser: Kirron Kher
Loretta Salvi	....	hairdresser: Rani Mukerji
Deepak Sawant	....	makeup artist: Amitabh Bachchan
Bahadur Singh	....	makeup artist: Roman Irani

Production Management
Pankaj Malik	....	production manager
Prakash Sawant	....	production manager
Ateeq Siddiqui	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Manmohan Singh Gill	....	assistant director
Aditi V. Makim	....	first assistant director
Anuraj Pandey	....	additional assistant director
Ekta Pathak	....	assistant director
Naresh Sharma	....	second assistant director: Swiss Schedule
Ahmed Siddiqui	....	chief assistant director

Art Department
Brijbhushan	....	art department
Renu Chainani	....	props: Eastern Treasures (as Renu Chainani)
Renu Chainani	....	set dresser: Eastern Treasures (as Renu Chainani)
Sudharkar Gaud	....	art department
Raiju Ghandey	....	art department
Dayanand Gurav	....	art department
Kedar Jangam	....	art department
Mohammed Kasim	....	chief assistant art director
Abdullah Khan	....	art department
Arun Khot	....	art department
Noor Mohamed	....	art department (as Mohammed Noor)
Nalin	....	art department
Natasha Nanda	....	props: Rimari (as Natasha Nanda)
Natasha Nanda	....	set dresser: Rimari (as Natasha Nanda)
Arup Pal	....	art department
Snehal Phadtare	....	property master
Ramesh Vishvakarma	....	art department

Sound Department
Promod Chandorkar	....	sound recording engineer (as Pramod Chadorkar)
Namdes Choudhary	....	foley sync effects
Sajjan Choudhary	....	foley sync effects
Vijay Dayal	....	sound recording engineer
Anup Dev	....	sound mixing engineer: Sound City (as Anup Dev)
R. Gupta	....	foley sync effects
Kalyenkar	....	sync sound security
Aziz Khan	....	sound attendant
Javed Khan	....	dialogue editor
Mohammed Khan	....	sync sound assistant recordist (as Mohd. Umar Khan)
Sanjay Kokane	....	sync sound security
Jayesh Kosambia	....	boom operator
Vijay Kumar	....	foley sync effects
Vijay Kumar	....	sync sound security
Parikshit Lalwani	....	technician: non-sync effects
Anuj Mathur	....	sound designer
Ali Merchant	....	sound editor: Sound City
Ali Merchant	....	technician: non-sync effects
Naren	....	sync sound security
Deepak Negandhi	....	sync sound security
Namdes Patekar	....	sync effects (as Namdeo Pattekar)
Praveen Pawar	....	sync sound security
Ronit Roy	....	sync sound security: Ace Security (as Ronit Roy)
Deepak Salvi	....	sync sound security
Sameer Salvi	....	sync sound security
Santosh Shetty	....	sync sound security
Karnail Singh	....	foley sync effects
Shankar Singh	....	assistant sound editor
Vicky Singh	....	sync sound security
Daman Sood	....	consulting engineer
Bhaskar Subir	....	assistant sound mixing engineer: Sound City (as Bhaskar Subir)

Visual Effects by
Husseini Barodawalla	....	visual effects: VCL
Sherry Bharda	....	visual effects: VCL
Sanjay Francis	....	visual effects: VCL
Majush James	....	visual effects: VCL
Roshini Joshi	....	visual effects: VCL
Rahul Kallankandy	....	visual effects: VCL
Pankaj Khandpur	....	visual effects: Tata Elxsi Visual Computing Lab
Ashish Kumar	....	visual effects: VCL
Sandesh Pai	....	visual effects: VCL
Deepak Pais	....	visual effects: VCL
Lennard Pinto	....	visual effects: VCL
Mehma Sachdeva	....	animator
Mehma Sachdeva	....	title designer
Piku Shahani	....	visual effects: VCL
Manish Sharma	....	visual effects: VCL
Jayadev Tiruveaipati	....	scanning artist

Stunts
Devendra Bhave	....	assistant to action director
Riaz Shaikh	....	assistant to action director
Ainouddin Sheikh	....	assistant to action director (as Ainoden Shaikh)
Feroz Sheikh	....	assistant to action director (as Feroze Shaikh)

Camera and Electrical Department
German Anthony	....	assistant camera
Babu	....	lighting technician
Raaj Chakravarti	....	assistant camera (as Raj Chakravarthi)
Eknath Chalke	....	spot boy
Anshul Chobey	....	chief assistant cinematographer
Rakesh Choudhary	....	spot boy
Subrata Das	....	lighting technician
Gopal Devadiga	....	assistant camera
Kumar D.	....	spot boy
Hari Narayan Gaur	....	spot boy
Mahesh Gawde	....	lighting technician
Iqbal	....	lighting technician
Mohammed Ismail	....	chief electrician
Siddarth Kali	....	assistant camera
Dinesh Kanojia	....	assistant camera
Santosh Kanojia	....	assistant camera
Nasir Khan	....	lighting technician
Jairaj Kunder	....	assistant camera
Gaur Hari Mandal	....	lighting technician
Shivnaryayan Mandal	....	lighting technician
Avantika Meattle	....	assistant camera
Noor Mohammed	....	lighting technician
Ishika Mohan	....	still photographer
Prakash Mohapatra	....	jimmy jib operator
Durga Prasad	....	spot boy
Narsimha Reddy	....	focus puller (as Ch. V.R. Narsimha Reddy)
Udey Singh	....	spot boy
Devendra Subramanium	....	spot boy
Rituraj Tiwari	....	lighting technician
Dharmendra Yadev	....	lighting technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Santosh Dabholkar	....	wardrobe in charge
Karan Johar	....	costume designer: Shah Rukh Khan
John	....	assistant costume designer
Naresh Khadye	....	assistant dressman
Megha Mahida	....	assistant costume designer
Joe Mansori	....	assistant costume designer
Deepak Nalkar	....	assistant dressman
Gautam Prasad	....	assistant costume designer
Ranjeet Shelkar	....	assistant dressman
Mandira Shukla	....	additional costume designer
Shiraz Siddique	....	assistant costume designer: Karan Johar
Sudhir Zarapkar	....	assistant dressman

Editorial Department
Ken Metzker	....	digital intermediate colorist: inserts
K.N. Naik	....	color corrector
Amit Shetty	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Richard Beetham	....	mastering: songs (MD Mastering, London) (as Richard Beetham)
Vikas Bhatwandekar	....	assistant to composer
Padam Bhushan	....	music assistant: score
Promod Chandorkar	....	background music recording (as Pramod Chadorkar)
Simon Changer	....	music engineer
Victor Dantes	....	assistant song mixer: 5.1
Victor Dantes	....	music assistant: score
Shantanu Hudlikar	....	background music recordist: Empire (as Shantanu Hudlikar)
Ahmed Hussain	....	playback singer
Javed Hussain	....	playback singer
Mohammed Hussain	....	playback singer
Lata Mangeshkar	....	playback singer
R.S. Mani	....	music arranger
Gurdas Mann	....	playback singer
Preetha Mazumdar	....	playback singer (as Pritha Majumder)
Udit Narayan	....	playback singer
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Paranaam Pansare	....	assistant song recordist
Roop Kumar Rathod	....	playback singer
Mohammed Vakil	....	playback singer

Transportation Department
Rahul Chopra	....	transportation: Magnum Tours and Travels
Rajiv Parasher	....	transportation: Lucky Associates
Timmy Singh	....	transportation: Vicky Travels

Other crew
Vicky N. Ajwani	....	home entertainment liaison: Yash Raj Films
Darshan Aulahk	....	junior artists supplier: Punjab
Darshan Aulahk	....	location manager: Chandigarh and Amritsar
Fayyaz Badruddin	....	publicity and design
Prakash Bakrania	....	liaison: UK office
Binny	....	location manager: Delhi
Virendra Chadda	....	crowd controller
Chotelal Chaurasia	....	head office
Sanjay Chaurasia	....	head office
Gyandeep Chetry	....	head office
Bhupendra Choyatia	....	head office
Dilip Dhende	....	boy: Preity Zinta
Dinesh	....	boy: Divya Dutta
Sally Fernandes	....	head office
Rajeev Goswani	....	assistant choreographer
Ajit Gupta	....	agent: United India Insurance Co.
Anand Gurnani	....	internet operations
Vikram G.	....	crane and trolley attendant
Balkrishan Iyer	....	head office
Manish Jagwani	....	assistant choreographer
Praveen Jain	....	boy: Amitabh Bachchan
Anil Kaistha	....	junior artists supplier: Mumbai
Anil Kaistha	....	location manager: Manali
Bala Kamat	....	crowd controller
Sharad Kamble	....	head office
Sudhakar Kamble	....	head office
Anu Kanwar	....	assistant choreographer
Aziz Khan	....	crowd controller
Chandan Khanna	....	publicity printing
Hanish Khanna	....	head office
Nasir Khan	....	caterer: Alfaroz Caterers
Nazir Khan	....	assistant choreographer
Saroj Khan	....	choreographer
Shabina Khan	....	assistant choreographer (as Shabana Khan)
Yasin Khan	....	bodyguard: Shahrukh Khan
Sanjit Kumar	....	boy: Hema Malini
Peter Manuel	....	head office
Maqbool	....	head office
Apoorva Mehta	....	liaison: UK office
Dhananjay Mehta	....	caterer: Silver Banquets
Shruti Merchant	....	assistant choreographer
Vaibhavi Merchant	....	choreographer
Brijesh Mishra	....	head office
S. Mitra	....	helicopter pilot (as Flt. Lt. S. Mitra)
Anmol Mondal	....	head office
Santosh Mondol	....	boy: Kirron Kher (as Santosh Mandal)
Mani Mutthu	....	crane and dolly operator
Rajeev Nagpal	....	assistant choreographer (assistant, Saroj Khan) (as Rajeev Nagpal)
Vinod Negi	....	helicopter pilot (as Flt. Lt Vinod Negi)
Sanjay Panchal	....	head office
Avtak Panesar	....	liaison: UK office
Subhash Patekar	....	boy: Shahrukh Khan
Dutta Patil	....	head office
Sandeep Patil	....	head office
Keshav Pawar	....	crowd controller
Manoj Pawar	....	crowd controller
Jaun Pierre	....	location manager: Switzerland
Vaibhav Rajput	....	liaison: USA office
Ramesh Rathod	....	trolley attendant
Dewan Rawat	....	production assistant (as Diwan Rawat)
Nasreen Rehman	....	script and design consultant: Pakistan
Kanu Sadrani	....	head office
Ravi Sarin	....	junior artists supplier: Delhi (as Ravi Sarin)
Ravi Sarin	....	location manager: Delhi
Datta Sawant	....	boy: Anupam Kher
Dhananjay Sawant	....	positive assembler
Shalaka Sawant	....	head office
Ramprakash Shah	....	crowd controller
Rafiq Shaikh	....	dolly in charge
Reshma Shaikh	....	assistant choreographer
Jawahar Sharma	....	liaison: USA office
Vikram Shetty	....	liaison: USA office
Datta Shinde	....	crane and trolley attendant
Goldie Inderjeet Singh	....	assistant location manager: Punjab
Gurinder Singh	....	assistant location manager: Punjab
Sandeep Singh	....	assistant location manager: Punjab
Sandhu Avtar Singh	....	assistant location manager: Punjab
Timmy Singh	....	caterer: Vicky Travels
Upendra Singh	....	boy: Rani Mukerji
Ritesh Soni	....	promos
Tarun Tripathi	....	head of marketing
Titus Vedamanickam	....	head office

Production Companies

• Yash Raj Films

Distributors

• Yash Raj Films (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• MG Distribution (2004) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2005) (Germany) (all media)
• Sendi Mutiara Multimedia Sdn. Bhd. (2004) (Malaysia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Prasad EFX (film scanning and recording)
• Tata Elxsi Visual Computing Lab (as Visual Computing Lab: Special Effects)

Other Companies

• 360 Degree Mastering  song mastering (as MD Mastering)
• Ace Security  sync sound security
• Ajanta Arts  publicity printing (as Ajanta Print Arts)
• Alfaroz Caterers  catering
• Archaeological Survey of India  thanks
• Bharat Furnishing  props set dressing
• Eastern Treasures  props set dressing
• Empire Audio Center Pvt. Ltd.  background music recorded at (as Empire)
• Export-Import Bank of India  financial assistance
• Idealake Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd.  web site
• Indian Airlines  special thanks
• Indian Railway  thanks (as The Indian Railways)
• Jet Airways  special thanks
• Kathaa Animations Pvt. Ltd.  site creation and design
• Lucky Travels & Associates  transportation (as Lucky Associates, Mumbai)
• Magnum Tours & Travels  transportation
• Manish Malhotra & Co.  costume design
• Ministry of Defense  thanks (as The Defence Ministry)
• Pappu Lekhraj & Co.  junior artists supplied by (as Pappu Lekhraj)
• Rimari  props set dressing
• Rose Travels  official travel agent
• SPICE  media consultant
• Silver Banquets  catering
• Sound Recording Studios  song mixing (as Sound Studio)
• Studio One  recording studios
• The Border Security Forces  thanks
• The Government of Switzerland  thanks
• The Indian Air Force  thanks
• The People of Punjab  thanks
• The Punjab Government  thanks
• The Punjab Police Force  thanks
• United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (I)  insurance
• Vicky Travels  catering
• Vicky Travels  transportation
• Yash Raj Music  soundtrack released by
• Zera  props set dressing

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:

Yash Chopra had approached every music director to score the film, but couldn't find what he thought was the appropriate music for the film. His specific requirement was "old-world music," away from Western influences and having a strong melody line, with acoustic instruments. Madan Mohan's son, Sanjeev Kohli (also the CEO of Yash Raj Films), suggested some of his father's compositions. Out of the hundreds of tunes in Mohan's archives, 35 were tested to see if they would fit the mood of the film and eleven were selected by Aditya Chopra.

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:

Jaane Kyon

Fantabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a really spectacular movie! I think the cinematography, music, colour, acting and 'second to none' story were instrumental in it being, I am sure, one of the best of its time. "Hats off" to Chopra and his team for directing yet another masterpiece! I must have this on DVD to add to my aspiring collection of movies. I couldn't believe that the movie did not waste time, with the usual 'Tun Tun' characters, which I must say, are displayed really well sometimes. The movie progressed smoothly, from one Scene to the next backed by superb and riveting music. I saw the movie this weekend (couldn't go before due to Diwali and Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations) and will return to the cinema this coming weekend to view it yet again! I think the movie had a 'Dilwale....' kind of feeling to it linked, perhaps, to the rural, peasant farming, outdoor field type of setting. I was truly pleased to see a movie linked to the India/Pakistan conflict, to be devoid of fighting and bloodshed! The movie addressed some of the more delicate issues of this conflict and must say that it was done in the most professional way!....Great movie....I give it five(5) stars!