Synopsis
Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian air force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.
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Cast
- Shah Rukh KhanVeer Pratap Singh
- Preity ZintaZaara Hayaat Khan
- Rani MukerjiSaamiya Siddiqui
- Amitabh BachchanChaudhary Sumer Singh
- Hema MaliniMaati
- Divya DuttaShabbo
- Anupam KherZakir Ahmed
- Kirron KherMariam Hayaat Khan
- Boman IraniJahangir Hayaat Khan
- Manoj BajpayeeRazaa Shirazi
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Dramatic, funny, fun, silly, musical, stylish, romantic and redemptive -- a film worth telling your friends and neighbors about. - 80
Variety
Though it doesn't quite match recent classics like "Kabhi khushi kabhie gham" in sheer technique and production sheen, in-depth star casting and thorough entertainment values make this a must-see for Bollywatchers. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Yash Chopra's thinly veiled plea for reconciliation between India and Pakistan is cloaked in a decades-spanning Romeo-and-Juliet romance. - 60
Village Voice
With just the right balance of epic grandeur and break-into-song goofiness, this Bollywood love legend does double duty as a women's-rights manifesto and a plea for amity between India and Pakistan. - 60
The New York Times
If Veer-Zaara were an American television movie, it would be embraced as fabulously trashy.
