Review Veer Zaara ...Love stories come and go , films become hits and flops , but eternal love stories and immortal films are what stay alive in the hearts of movie lovers. Veer-Zaara is the majestic tale of two people ,whose love for one another crosses into the realm of inspirational devotion .Veer and Zaara two names detached by the wreaths of religion two entities divided by military and national borders. two forms estranged by miles of expansive distance once soul joined by sacrificial love one existence Veer-Zaara. --platform47.comVeer Zaara a beautiful romance across borders. Veer-Zaara is similar to most other Hindi movies but it is not at the same time. How is it different? For starters, it handles the Indo-Pak relationship very differently from the post-Gadar era. It carries the story sensitively and graciously.The directors wanted to please both Indians and Pakistanis. And they did. This movie was released around the time of the festival of Diwali and Ramadan Eid, and crowds went in large numbers to see this movie. I saw people enjoying at ease the romance, the melodrama, the emotions, the sentimental scenes and the beautiful backgrounds and getting in to the soul of the movie. The other thing that strikes about this movie is, that this may be among few new Hindi movies, which do not depend on titillations or skin to sell. It is clean entertainment suitable for the whole family to watch together.Veer Zaara -a beautiful movie with heart and soul. A love, which lasts the test of time. And worth the three and half hours of our lives too! --platform47.com About the Actor There is not a dot in Bollywood that does not carry Shahrukh Khan's name. He was born on 2 November 1965 in New Delhi, India. He married Gauri Khan on 25 October 1991. They have two children, son Aryan Khan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). Starting his career with several television serials in the late 1980s, Shahrukh made his debut in "Fauji" and gained success for his role in "Circus" in 1989. He made his film debut with the commercially successful Deewana (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous commercial successes, as well as having delivered a variety of critically acclaimed performances. He not only stuck to lead actors, but also gained fame with his villanious roles in Darr and Baazigar. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won seven Film Fare Best actor awards and has had significant box office success. Some of his films includes: Darr (1993), Baazigar (1993), Anjaam (1994), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Om Shanti om (2007), Chak De India (2007) among others. P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Director Yash Raj Chopra (born 27 September 1932) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and the most successful producer of Bollywood to date in India. Yash and his wife, Pamela, have two sons: Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra. Aditya is a film director and manages most of Yash Raj Production House. Uday is an actor who received his first break in Aditya's "Mohabbatein".The founder of the biggest production and distribution house of Bollywood, Yash Raj Films, Yash initially worked as an assistant to I. S. Johar, and then for his director-producer brother, B.R. Chopra. Baldev Raj gave him his first directorial opportunity in "Dhool Ka Phool" in 1959 which became an instant hit and even today remains popular. Encouraged by this success, the Chopra brothers made a few more movies together, the most notable being "Waqt" (1965), India's first multi-starrer; and "Ittefaq" (1969), a thriller. Yash Raj Films was launched with "Daag: A Poem of Love" in 1973, a successful melodrama about a polygamous man. In 1995, Chopra turned to production and Aditya Chopra made his directorial debut with "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", which had the longest-running initial release in cinema history. In 2004, he made a grand comeback with Veer-Zaara, a touching cross-border love story, which he said would be his last directorial effort.Waqt, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhie, Lamhe, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara are some of the highly successful movies which Yash Chopra made. Labeled the eternal romantic and with one of the best musical senses in the business, Yash Chopra is arguably India's most successful director of romantic films. See more
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This was my first Bollywood Blu-Ray disc.
This movie is an instant Bollywood classic. This is like the "Titanic" of the Bollywood genre. Greater than "Slumdog Millionaire" for family entertainment. This film stars at least four very popular stars in Bollywood. Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee (to me, the most beautiful woman in the world), and Anapam Kher. This movie is the ultimate example of what true love is, and I mean the ultimate sacrifice to give of oneself for the happiness of another. Only stories like this can be written in India. American writers couldn't even imagine fabricating a story like this. If you see this movie, you will be hungry for more.Bollywood in Blu-Ray, and to see our favorite Hindi stars in absolute High-Definition will give us the ultimate India culture experience right on our screen. Some of the things that are important about enjoying Bollywood films are the good looking actresses and actors and their colorful fashion, and the beautiful backgrounds of India. Even, to see a section of the slums in High Definition is what getting immersed into the scene is all about.Yash Raj has many Bollywood classics, made even in just the past 15 years. I know that I would buy these classics on Blu-Ray right away: "Mohabbatein", "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai". "Saathiya", "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham", and "Kal Ho Naa Ho". Plus there are other Bollywood classics that I hope to see released onto Blu-Ray, like: "Lagaan", "Bride and Prejudice", "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai", "Bichhoo", "Badal", and "Ghulam" and maybe a few more.But, I generally watch a Bollywood film because I love to watch good looking people on film. A good story is only secondary as my intention to be entertained.If you an English speaking American, and are new to Bollywood films, let me give you a breakdown of how I interpret and ingest the Bollywood experience:First of all, you will most always be reading English subtitles.The average Bollywood film is about 3 hours long.Bollywood films are very colorful. All their beautiful fashion, and colorful dance floors. In High Definition, just the sceneries alone make you appreciate what High Definition is all about.About 30 percent of the film will be music videos (with Yash Raj films, it's more like about 45 percent). I personally wish there were less music videos if the movie is already over three hours long.About 30 percent of most Bollywood films have some rather silly, really unfunny, and downright annoying comedy scenes (which is usually in the first half of the film), then the film will start to become more serious, as it moves along.One of the main reasons why you will watch a Bollywood film, is because you already chose to fall in love with one of their many beautiful actresses, or handsome actors. (I personally try to see all Rani Mukherji films, and Shah Rukh Khan is the one actor known to be one of the biggest box office sellers of Bollywood.)So, I guess I can honestly say that I have about 10 Blu-Ray Bollywood films which about 7 of them are Yash Raj releases. Though I have about 100 Bollywood films on DVD, all I really care to get on Blu-Ray now is "Lagaan" which was the first Bollywood film that I saw about 10 years ago. And perhaps "Mann" with Aamir Khan, and "Rangeela" which stars the enchanting Urmila Matondkar. Oh, and I guess it would be truly appreciated if "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai" starring Amisha Patel and Hrithik Roshan would ever be released in High Definition Blu-Ray. The scenes in India and New Zealand were all just so beautiful on the screen.Another good movie that I would like to recommend, that is not a Yash Raj film, but is available on Blu-Ray is "Ghulam" starring Rani Mukherji and Aamir Khan. Even all the song videos in this film are all truly appreciated, and the added humor isn't so annoying. Check it out!Realistically, I would only replace about 20 of my Bollywood DVD's with Blu-Ray discs. And when these few films that I mentioned finally get released in High Definition Blu-Ray, then I'll celebrate the entire Blu-Ray experience that much more.
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My FAVORITE Bollywood Movie
Veer Zaara is my FAVORITE Bollywood movie! Its a touching film about the true meaning of love, and its sacrifices -- whether one is willing to only look out for themselves & their own needs, or be willing to give up what matters most for the best interests of the one they love.Even though my parents are from India, my brother and I didn't watch many Hindi/Bollywood movies growing up. At home, my family either spoke English or Konkani (an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages spoken on the western coast of India as well as the official language of the state of Goa, and a minority language in the state of Karnataka and northern Kerala) so with the exception of the sporadic Hindi classes we took as children, we did not have much experience with Hindi.Because we understand very little (just a few random words, phrases, etc.) of Hindi, and subtitles were not available on the VHS tapes, we had to rely on our mom for translation of the dialogue. Though I'm sure she tried her best, what would inevitably happen is that while she was translating one segment of conversation, she would miss the next one, so there would be huge gaps in the translation, and often essential dialogue would deliberately (if she didn't want to translate something, thinking we weren't old enough to hear it) or accidently left out. So we had to figure out the story from the pictures and inconsistent & incomplete translations.As a result, we didn't watch many Bollywood movies growing up (the only Hindi movies I saw in childhood & adolescence were Gopal Krishna, Masoom, Ramayana, Mahabharat, and a couple/few others)I can count on one hand (with a couple of extra fingers!) or maybe two hands at the most, the number of Hindi movies I saw as a child.But since the advent of DVDs, and Youtube, and online movie streaming, I've started watching a lot more Bollywood (and other genre) movies with English subtitles and I've been REALLY enjoying it! I LOVE BOLLYWOOD movies!Out of all the Bollywood movies that I've now seen (at least a few dozen) "Veer Zaara" is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE movie!Veer-Zaara is a poignant film about the sacrifices of true love, and stars Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, with supporting roles by Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Kirron Kher, Manoj Bajpai, and Boman Irani.SPOILERS AHEAD!!!Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan) is a rescue pilot with the Indian Air Force, an orphan who was raised by his aunt & uncle (with Hema Malini, and Amitabh Bachchan in guest-starring roles) and as a child dreamed of flying, and following the legacy of his father (who died in service to the country).Capt Veer Pratap Singh is living his dream as a rescue pilot when he is called to assist at the scene of a bus accident, and he meets Zaara Hayaat Khan (Preity Zinta), a naive young Pakistani girl who is traveling alone from Lahore, Pakistan to the holy Sikh city of Kiritpur in India, to scatter the ashes of "Bebe", her beloved Sikh nanny, and fulfill her dying wish.Veer saves Zaara's life, and after a whirlwind friendship & romance, neither of their lives is ever the same again.Twenty-two years later (set in the present-day -- 2004 at the time) an idealistic young lawyer Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukherjee) who is working for the Human Rights Commission, trying to fill the large footprints of her late father (also a defender of human rights) gets her first case, and comes face-to-face with an aging Veer Pratap Singh. He has been rotting away in a prison cell in Lahore, Pakistan for the past 22 years, labeled as an Indian spy, Rajesh Rathod. But because Veer Singh "remained silent" since his arrest over two decades earlier, never speaking to anyone (even during his years of incarceration) no one (like other lawyers) was able to defend him.But now, the case of Veer Pratap Singh has been re-opened by the Pakistani Government, and as Saamiya is assigned to be his defense attorney, she needs to unearth the TRUE reason why Veer Pratap Singh is behind bars.Though reluctant to speak, at first, eventually Veer opens up to Saamiya, and his story tumbles out (in flashback scenes) of how he met Zaara, their whirlwind friendship & romance, and their falling in love and all that happened afterward -- a story of love, duty, courage and the sacrifices of true love.Veer Zara is not an ordinary story -- it is a LOVE LEGEND! Veer and Zaara's love legend!This is a saga of love, separation, courage and sacrifice. A love that is divine, a love that is whole-hearted, a love that is completely consuming, a love that grows with separation & deepens with sacrifice. A love that is an inspiration.....and will remain a legend forever!A BEAUTIFUL movie in every way!!!☆★☆★☆ 5 STARS!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is one of the best movies of all time
This is one of the best movies of all time. A masterpiece of a movie like only Yash Raj (Yash Chopra) Films makes; makes you wish there were a 100 more movies of this quality beyond those made by this company; the truly golden days of Indian cinema which is changed so much recently that it makes this movie a true classic. Seeing it again a year later and a year after that it's still as poignantly beautiful and vibrant as it was the first time around. Though some of the subject matter is quite sad, it's always interspersed with such an engaging and beautiful story throughout which has tremendous joy in much of the movie also; so full of heart . Beautiful cinematography, great acing. It feels true to life and with a message of humanity in it. Shahrukh Khan (lead actor) is just superb in this. Though some of the subject matter is quite sad, the movie is so full of heart and has tremendous joy in it also, beautiful cinematography, great acing. It feels true to life and with a message of humanity in it. Much of the movie is vibrant, all is touching, all is totally engaging. Rani Mukerjee is excellent in this also; as is Preity Zinta perfect in her part; Amitabh Bachchan a total delight;, Hema Malani, Kirron Kher, Anupam Kher, Divya Dutta, Boman Irani..., all in this film are top of the line Indian Actors and Actresses and fully carry the story Incredible sets and scenery, great music. If you like good Indian films this one is highly recommended. A truly memorable work of cinema.
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