Veer-Zaara (2004)

終於睇完喇，真係分左成十次，由2月到而家先睇得完。

故事以倒敍形式開始，開頭真係有d悶，尤其係見到SRK滄桑既坐監造型，但原來好戲在後頭，睇完個情緒好激昂啊！愛是偉大！

雖然剛睇完KANK，D卡士同呢套差唔多，但佢地精湛既演技絕對唔會令人有「又係你地？」既感覺。

SRK戲內40+既造型仲滄桑過佢真實既年齡，都話佢扮乜似乜，而Preity Zinta個老妝都好似，Rani 飾演既新晉律師令我諗起《溏心風暴》既鍾嘉欣，都係第一次打官司就要面對如「大腳八」一樣囂張而逢案必嬴既資深律師。

唔錯的一套戲。難怪榮獲當年多個獎項。

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初出茅廬既律師Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji飾)既第一單官司係幫編號786既罪犯Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan飾) 找尋真相。

Veer o係巴基斯坦坐冤獄坐左22年，o係獄中佢已忘記自己既身份，22年來從未對任何一個人講野，直到佢既天使Saamiya出現。

Veer任職飛行員(飛行服務隊)，一次巴士意外，令佢遇到由巴基斯坦遠道而來，為完成佢老僕人遺願既Zaara Haayat Khan (Preity Zinta飾)，後來Veer愛上Zaara，正當Zaara要返去巴基斯坦時，先知原來Zaara已有未婚夫Raza Shirazi (Manoj Bajpai飾) 
，臨離開前Veer向Zaara道明一切，令到Zaara返去祖國後忐忑不安。

Zaara朋友Shabbo (Divya Dutta飾)於是請求Veer去巴基斯坦帶走Zaara，由於Raza與Zaara之間係政治婚姻，如果Zaara唔同Raza結婚，會令其家族聲明受損，所以Veer最後放棄帶走Zaara，不過Raza卻懷恨在心，收買警察逼令Veer簽下同意書，承認自己為另一個身份Rajesh，來巴基斯坦目的在於做間諜，並以Zaara一生幸福要脅Veer，結果令Veer白白坐左22年冤獄。

Saamiya決定要為Veer找回清白之外，更加要為佢找回失去左既身份‧‧‧
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Veer 與 Zaara初次邂逅

Veer-Zaara

Rani的律師造型

Veer與律師

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Veer-Zaara
(Wikipedia)

Directed by Yash Chopra
Produced by Yash Chopra
Written by Aditya Chopra
Starring Shahrukh Khan
Preity Zinta
Rani Mukerji
Kirron Kher
Divya Dutta
Boman Irani
Anupam Kher
Music by Sanjeev Kohli
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Release date(s) November 12, 2004
Running time 192 min.
Country India
Language Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi
Budget $7,000,000 (estimated)

Veer-Zaara (Hindi: वीर-ज़ारा, Urdu: ویر زارا) is a 2004 Bollywood film directed by Yash Chopra. It is a romance set against the backdrop of conflict between India and Pakistan. The movie stars Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji. The dialogues were written by Aditya Chopra.

Yash Chopra returned to directing after eight years, his last directed film being Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). 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 film was eventually the biggest Bollywood hit of the year at both the Indian and the international box office, being showcased at numerous prominent film festivals.

Synopsis
Most of the story is told in flashback from Veer's prison cell.

Zaara Haayat Khan (Preity Zinta) is an independent, carefree, and sprightly young Pakistani girl travelling to India. Her bus, which is traveling to India with her "bebe's" (a Punjabi word to denote mother or grandmother, but here used for Zaara's old governess) ashes. Before dying, "Bebe" (Zohra Sehgal) begs Zaara to fulfill her final wish - to take her ashes to India, to the holy Sikh city of Kiritpur, and scatter her ashes in the river there, among her ancestors. Zaara decides to carry out Bebe's dying wish.

In India, Zaara's bus gets into an accident, overturns, and she is saved by an Indian pilot, Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan). Zaara completes her Bebe's final rites with the help of Veer. He convinces Zaara to go back to his village with him, and spend one day together. Veer then takes Zaara on a tour of India's Punjab and they visit Veer's hometown during the Lodi festival. The two fall in love and Veer is just waiting for the right time to tell Zaara how he feels about her. But then it is revealed that Zaara is engaged to another man, Raza (Manoj Bajpai). During their last few moments together, 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, and the last time they will ever see each other.

Zaara eventually realizes that she loves Veer and cannot marry her fiancé; Veer, after being told over the phone by Zara's friend Shabbo, that how miserable Zara is without him, quits the Indian Air Force and goes to Pakistan to bring her back with him to India. 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 Hindu 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.

22 years later, Veer meets Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji), who 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 has not spoken for the last 22 years.

Veer tells Saamiya she can do anything for the case except mention, much less subpoena, Zaara's family. He's assigned the number 786 for his prisoner number. This convinces Saamiya that God has chosen Veer for some special purpose, and determined to exonerate him, and restore his name, identity and country.

After a number of attempts which fail to prove Veer's innocence, Saamiya goes to Veer's village in India to gather evidence proving Veer is Veer and not Rajesh Rathore the spy. There, Saamiya finds Zaara has taken over in the village for Veer's parents. Saamiya convinces Zaara to go back to Pakistan with her and finally tell the truth about Veer's identity. The judge releases Veer from prison and apologizes on behalf of Pakistan.

Cast
Shahrukh Khan ... Veer Pratap Singh
Preity Zinta ... Zaara Haayat Khan
Rani Mukerji ... Saamiya Siddiqui
Kirron Kher ... Mariam Hayaat Khan
Divya Dutta ... Shabbo
Boman Irani ... Jahangir Hayaat Khan
Anupam Kher ... Zakir Ahmed
Amitabh Bachchan ... Chaudhary Sumer Singh (Bauji)
Hema Malini ... Saraswati Kaur (Maati)
Manoj Bajpai ... Raza Shirazi

Music
Veer-Zaara
 
Studio album by Madan Mohan
Released August 12, 2006 (India)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Sony BMG
Producer Madan Mohan
Madan Mohan chronology
Chaal Baaz
(1980) Veer-Zaara
(2004) --
 
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
Tere Liye - Lata Mangeshkar, Roop Kumar Rathod
Main Yahan Hoon - Udit Narayan
Aisa Des Hai Mera - Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan, Gurdas Mann & Pritha Majumdar
Yeh Hum Aa Gaye Hain Kahan - Lata Mangeshkar & Udit Narayan
Do Pal - Lata Mangeshkar & Sonu Nigam
Kyun Hawa - Lata Mangeshkar & Sonu Nigam
Hum To Bhai Jaise - Lata Mangeshkar
Aya Tere Dar Par - Ahmed Hussain & Mohd. Hussain
Lodi - Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan & Gurdas Mann
Tum Paas Aa Rahe Ho - Jagjit Singh & Lata Mangeshkar
Jaane Kyon - Lata Mangeshkar

Popularity
Veer-Zaara was heavily promoted pre-release. The film music, released before the actual cinematic release, went on to do very well at the charts, as was the movie. The movie opened in theatres on 12 November 2004. It grossed Rs.45,00,00,000. In its first week it grossed Rs.17,00,00,000 which hold the recored for highest grossed first week from 2004-2005.

The film was a success not only in India and Pakistan, but overseas, notably in United Kingdom, Germany, France, South Africa and the United States. When the three Indian stars, Shahrukh, Preity and Rani, visited the Virgin Megastore in the UK, over 5,000 fans thronged the store. On April 26, 2006, Veer-Zaara had its French premiere at The Grand Rex, the biggest theatre in Paris. It is the first Hindi film to premiere in such a large and luxe venue. Apart from that, it was screened at the Berlin Film Festival as well. In February 2005, it was featured in the issue of the National Geographic Magazine in an article about Bollywood.

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 (Filmfare wins in bold. Other sections present only the wins):

Best Movie
Best Director - Yash Chopra
Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
Best Actress - Preity Zinta
Best Supporting Actor - Amitabh Bachchan
Best Supporting Actress - Rani Mukerji
Best Supporting Actress - Divya Dutta
Best Dialogue - Aditya Chopra
Best Story - Aditya Chopra
Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar for "Tere Liye"
Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar for "Main Yahaan"
Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar for "Aisa Des Hai Mera"
Best Music Director - Lt. Madan Mohan
Best Male Playback - Sonu Nigam for "Do Pal"
Best Male Playback - Udit Narayan for "Main Yahaan Hoon"

IIFA Awards
Best Movie
Best Director - Yash Chopra
Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
Best Supporting Actress - Rani Mukerji
Best Music Director - The Late Madan Mohan
IIFA Best Story Award- Aditya Chopra

National Film Awards
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Stardust Awards
Star of the Year - Female - Preity Zinta
Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award - Kirron Kher

Star Screen Awards
Best Film
Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
Best Dialogue - Aditya Chopra
Best Story - Aditya Chopra
Jodi No.1 - Shah Rukh Khan & Preity Zinta

Zee Cine Awards
Best Film - Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra (Producers)
Best Director - Yash Chopra
Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
Best Supporting Actress - Divya Dutta

Bollywood Movie Awards
Best Film - Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra (Producers)
Best Director - Yash Chopra
Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
Best Music - Late Madan Mohan
Best Lyrics - Javed Akhtar - (Tere Liye...)

Global Indian Film Awards
Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
Best Supporting Actress - Divya Dutta
Best Story - Aditya Chopra

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.

Disc 1 (the film) has one audio track in Hindi/Urdu/Punjab, and eleven subtitle tracks for English, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew, Arabic, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam.