Veer Zaara (Veer-Zaara) (2004)
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A star-crossed love affair has political as well as emotional repercussions in this Bollywood romantic drama. Veer Pratap Singh (Shah Rukh Khan) is an officer and pilot in the Indian Air Force who one day meets a beautiful Pakistani heiress, Zaara Hayaat Khan (Preity Zinta), as she travels to a… More A star-crossed love affair has political as well as emotional repercussions in this Bollywood romantic drama. Veer Pratap Singh (Shah Rukh Khan) is an officer and pilot in the Indian Air Force who one day meets a beautiful Pakistani heiress, Zaara Hayaat Khan (Preity Zinta), as she travels to a small Indian village to scatter the ashes of one of her family's loyal servants. Veer has family in the village, and while most Indians show no affection for Pakistanis, his aunt and uncle are willing to take Zaara in for the night. It isn't long before Veer finds himself falling for her; however, Veer learns that Zaara is engaged to another man, Raza (Manoj Bajpai), a cruel and humorless Pakistani. A friend of Zaara contacts Veer and tells him that Zaara wants out of her engagement and has strong feelings for him, but when he comes to her rescue, matters take a turn for the worse and Veer winds up in jail. Twenty years later, Veer is still behind bars, and finds that his case is being given a new trial, but while he has a new chance at freedom, he discovers his lawyer will be going up against a state attorney who has never lost a case. Veer-Zaara was one of the first Indian blockbusters to open in India, the United States, and the United Kingdom at the same time. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Yash Chopra
- Written By
- Aditya Chopra
- Genres
- Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 12, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd.
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
Veer-Zaara is so arresting, its scenes so full of beauty and colors, that the three hours go by almost too fast.
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Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Director Yash Chopra manages to fight several culture wars while milking the melodrama.
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Carrie R. Wheadon, Common Sense Media
Bollywood forbidden love tale with song, dance, drama.
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Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Though Chopra's film is emotionally extravagant even by the standards of India's epically unrestrained cinema, the star-crossed lovers bear the weighty metaphorical significance of their travails surprisingly lightly.
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Cast
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Shahrukh Khan
as Veer Pratap Singh
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Rani Mukherjee
as Saamiya Siddiqui
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Preity Zinta
as Zaara Hayaat Khan
- Kirron Kher
- Divya Dutta
- Boman Irani
- Anupam Kher
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Hema Malini
- Manoj Bajpai
- Zohra Segal
- Akhilendra Mishra
- Tom Alter
- Gurdas Mann
- Arun Bali
