Written by son, directed by his father, this film won 30 awards, Ajay Devgn, Kajol refused to work with lead actor because…
This National-award winning film captured the hearts of audiences and became a blockbuster, earning Rs 105 crore worldwide.
In 2004, Yash Chopra made his directorial comeback with Veer-Zaara, a worship account in step with the backdrop of India and Pakistan. The movie aspects Shah Rukh Khan as Indian Air Power officer Veer Pratap Singh and Preity Zinta as the free-interesting Pakistani woman Zaara Hayaat Khan. This tainted-border romance captured the hearts of audiences and changed into a blockbuster, earning Rs 105 crore worldwide.
Reportedly, Yash Chopra wished to cast Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol together after their winning pairing in Aditya Chopra’s blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). Nonetheless, Kajol declined the feature resulting from unknown reasons and the movie sooner or later landed in Preity Zinta’s future.
Ranki Mukerji performed the supporting character of Pakistani licensed professional Saamiya Siddiqui in Veer-Zara. Yash Chopra in the initiating wished to cast Aishwarya Rai for this selection. However, in the meantime, resulting from her disruptive relationship with Salman Khan and his continuous interference on the devices, she had to let slither of Chalte Chalte and Veer-Zaara, and got replaced by Rani Mukerji in every the flicks.
Manoj Bajpayee also performed a small feature of Raza Shirazi, Zaara’s fiancé in Yash Chopra’s romcom. However, the feature used to be first supplied to Ajay Devgn. Reportedly, the actor rejected it, as he didn’t must be seen in a guest appearance opposite his original Shah Rukh Khan.
Written by Aditya Chopra and produced by his banner Yash Raj Movies (YRF), Veer-Zaara also featured an ensemble cast of supporting actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Divya Dutta, Anupam Kher, Tom Alter, Zohra Sehgal, Boman Irani, and Kirron Kher. The movie won over 30 awards including one Nationwide Award under the category of Best Widespread movie.
Yash Chopra’s Veer-Zaara used to be his third directorial with Shah Rukh Khan after Darr (1991) and Dil To Pagal Hai (1997).
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