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Veer-Zaara
The story
Alternative film poster for Veer-Zaara
Zaara Haayat Khan (Preity Zinta
) is a Pakistani girl travelling to India. Her bus, which is traveling to India with her "bebe's" ashes, overturns and she is saved by an Indian pilot, Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan
). Veer then takes Zaara on a tour of India's Punjab
. The two fall in love -- but then it is revealed that Zaara is engaged to another man, Raza. Veer confesses his love, then watches sadly as Zaara boards the train that will take her back to Pakistan. Both believe that this is the end of the story.
Rani Mukerji as Saamiya Siddiqui
Zaara eventually realizes that she loves Veer and cannot marry her fiancé; Veer realizes that he cannot live without Zaara and travels to Pakistan to find her. Zaara's mother, however, begs him to leave Zaara. Zaara's father is a high-profile politician whose reputation will be ruined if news got out that his daughter is in love with a Sikh man. Veer respects this and decides to leave. But Zaara's fiancé, outraged by the shame Zaara has brought upon him, frames Veer and has him wrongly imprisoned for being an Indian spy.
Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji
) is an idealistic Pakistani lawyer, whose mission in life is to pave the path for women's empowerment. To dissuade a female lawyer from being successful, she has been given Veer's case, an impossible case to many. The man has been languishing in prison and hasn't spoken for the last 22 years. Will she manage to free him? Will Veer and Zaara be re-united? Time will tell...
Spoilers end here.
Music
The music is based on compositions by the late Madan Mohan
, as revised by Madan Mohan's son, Sanjeev Kohli
. Lyrics were contributed by Javed Akhtar
.
Lata Mangeshkar
, the famous playback singer, is featured in many of the songs. She used to sing with Madan Mohan, so there is a special poignancy to her contributions. Other singers: Udit Narayan
, Sonu Nigam
, Gurdas Mann
, Roop Kumar Rathod
, Ahmed
, and Mohhamed Hussain
.
List of Tracks
Awards and nominations
- The music for this film was nominated in the Filmfare Best music director award and Javed Akhtar won best lyricist award for the song "Tere Liye".
- In the IIFA awards the Best Music Director award was won by the late Madan Mohan and Sanjeev Kohli.
- Various nominations also were given to its music.
Popularity
- Veer-Zaara was heavily promoted pre-release. The film music, released before the actual cinematic release, was a hit, as was the movie.
- The film was a success not only in India and Pakistan, but overseas, notably in United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the United States. When the three Indian stars, Shah Rukh, Preity and Rani, visited the Virgin Megastore in the UK, over 5,000 fans thronged the store.[citation needed]
- On April 26, 2006, Veer-Zaara had its French premiere at The Grand Rex, the biggest theatre in Paris. Veer-Zaara is the first Hindi film to premiere in such a large and luxe venue.
Awards
Filmfare Awards
Veer-Zaara received fifteen Filmfare
nominations. It won awards for best dialogue, story, movie and lyrics. The film was nominated for the following awards (wins in bold):
It is the first film since 1992 to win Best Movie without starring Best Actor and/or Actress winners. The last film to do this was Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.
IIFA Awards
National Film Awards
Stardust Awards
Star Screen Awards
Sports World Film Awards
2004 Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
Screen Award
Veer-Zaara on DVD
On June 6, 2005 the Yash Raj Films released the DVD of Veer-Zaara on a Collector's Double DVD Pack, with the disc one containing the original film and second disc having special features, e.g. making of the songs (with little original melodies), interview with Yash Chopra, premier, deleted scenes, trailers and promo and deleted song Yeh Hum Aa Gaye Hain Kahan.
Trivia
- Veer-Zaara was featured in the February 2005 issue of the National Geographic Magazine in an article about Bollywood.
- Pakistan's leader Pervez Musharraf invited producer Yash Chopra to lunch, then took the occasion to express his 'displeasure' at what he termed the movie's negative portrayal of Pakistan.
- The film was originally going to be called Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum, a name take from the title of a song in the movie Silsila (1981). The director, Yash Chopra, eventually decided on Veer-Zaara as a title. However, one of the songs in the film is called "Yeh Hum Aa Gaye Hain Kahan", a twist on the proposed title.
- The colour combination of the dress of Preity Zinta in the song "Kyun Hawa" is the same colour combination of the new Yash Raj films logo.
- The role of Saamiya Siddiqui was originally intended for Aishwarya Rai, but it didn't work out.
Cast
See also
External links
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0792097258555
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Yash Raj Films
Manufacturer: Yash Raj Films
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Yash Raj Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 06, 2005
Running Time: 192 minutes
Sales Rank: 16300
Studio: Yash Raj Films
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This is such a wonderful movie! Just beautiful to watch and an amazing story!!
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I have not enjoyed a mucical like this in years. The production was excellent from the cast to the execution of the song/dance numbers. The story line was engaging. I have viewed a number of foriegn films and Veer-Zaara is at the top of my list.
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This movie is one of my favorite love stories. Great cast and great acting. Not to mention a great story that goes where you least expect it too. I am so glad that Hollywood didn't touch this one, they would have ruined it. Bollywood sure knows how to do it right.
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This is one of the best india's films i have ever seen
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This film exceeded all expectations. The music was hauntingly beautiful and extremely current despite being written so long ago. SO GLAD THAT THE MOVIE PRODUCERS DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE INDUSTRY PUNDITS! Scenery and costumes were breathtaking. Last but not least the actors were flawless and moving.
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