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Producer/s:
Yash Chopra, Aditya Chopra
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity
Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Manoj Bajpai, Amitabh
Bachchan, Hema Malini
Music: The Late Madan Mohan
(recreated by Sanjeev Kohli)
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar |
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 This
kind of film is best termed ‘passé’.
It shows a filmmaker’s refusal to change with
the times. The result- it is bound to meet the same
fate as that of some of his contemporaries in recent
times. It is unnecessarily long, dragging, and boring.
But this does not take away from the fact that he has
managed to extract a good performance from his cast.
Having said that let us add that Yash Chopra has never
ever managed to make his heroines look so ordinary and
non-alluring. Even the normally debonair looking Shah
Rukh Khan is looking old and jaded. Ditto for Preity.
One can't say much about Rani’s looks either.
The only charming pair in the film is Amitabh Bachchan
and Hema Malini. The two make a rocking screen couple.
In fact, their track is the best in the film. But unfortunately
they are reduced to extended guest artists.
Now for the story. Obviously
it is a love story. Squadron leader Veer Pratap Singh
Shah Rukh Khan) is a rescue pilot with the Indian Air
Force. He risks his life to save the lives of others.
One day, he rescues, Zaara (Preity Zinta), a girl from
Pakistan who is here on a special mission. A carefree,
bubbly girl, she has come here to fulfill her surrogate
mother’s last wish. Veer saves her life but his
life is not the same anymore. Does this sound very clichéd?
There is no romance or heartbreak, in case you are expecting
it. Veer is still mustering up enough courage to confess
his love to Zaara, when her fiancé (Manoj Bajpai)
suddenly pops up. This gives Veera all the courage to
profess his love to Zara, and he does it in full view
of her fiancé. A shocked Zaara returns to Pakistan
and gradually realizes that she too loves him in return.
When Veer hears of this, he rushes to Pakistan to claim
his love, a day before her ‘nikaah’. Unfortunately
destiny has willed otherwise. Circumstances force him
to return to his country alone. But he ends up in a
prison in Pakistan! He languishes there for 22 long
years. Why?
Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani
Mukerji), a young lawyer from Pakistan, is given her
first case, a tough one. It is that of Veer’s.
Being a strong woman, she takes up the challenge and
proves to be Veer’s messiah. All’s well
that ends well. After all, what’s 22 years in
one’s lifetime? Love never dies. All this bit
is fine in theory but not when one has to witness it
on the big screen.
This film is a big let
down especially where the music is concerned. It has
some sweet moments though. Veer taking Zaara to his
house for a day to meet his people is one such. The
way he professes his love to her is also cute and rather
different. The re-emergence of an aged Zaara feels good.
There are great emotional moments too. Veer and Zara’s
separation, once in India and once again in Pakistan,
is very sad. Also their meeting, after 22 long years
of separation, in Pakistan is heart-wrenching. However,
despite all this, the film fails to captivate the audience.
It is definitely not a film for the metros. It may work
in the interiors where people tend to get very emotional.
The first week’s collections will give us a better
picture
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