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Veer-Zaara is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed and co-produced by Yash Chopra with his son Aditya Chopra.[1][2] The film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta in the lead roles and features Rani Mukerji, Manoj Bajpayee, Akhilendra Mishra and Kirron Kher in supporting roles.[3][1] The film's script and screenplay were written by Aditya, the choreography was handled by Saroj Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant, and the cinematography was done by Anil Mehta.[4][2] Set in India and Pakistan, the plot of Veer-Zaara focuses on Veer Pratap Singh (Khan), an Indian Air Force helicopter pilot who falls in love with Zaara Hayat Khan (Zinta), a Pakistani lady hailing from a rich political family of Lahore. When Veer learns of Zaara's love for him, he quits his job and travels to Pakistan, where he is imprisoned on false charges. Years later, a young Pakistani lawyer (Mukerji) finds Veer in prison and upon listening to his story, tries to free him.[5][3]
Produced on a budget of ₹230 million, Veer-Zaara was released on 12 November 2004 to positive reviews.[6][7][8] It was commercially successful, grossing around ₹976.4 million worldwide.[8] The film won a minimum of 32 awards from 63 nominations; its direction, story, music and performances of the cast members have received the most attention from award groups.
At the 52nd National Film Awards, Veer-Zaara received the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. It received fifteen nominations at the 50th Filmfare Awards and won 4, including Best Film and Best Director (Chopra). At the 6th IIFA Awards, the film won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Chopra), Best Actor (Khan) and Best Supporting Actress (Mukerji). It won 5 awards from 13 nominations at the Screen Awards, including Best Film, Best Actor (Khan) and Best Story (Aditya). It won 4 Zee Cine Awards for Best Film, Best Director (Chopra), Best Actor (Khan) and Best Supporting Actress (Divya Dutta). It won a Producers Guild Film Award for Best Dialogue (Aditya). Among other wins, it has won 6 Bollywood Movie Awards and 2 Global Indian Film Awards.
Awards and nominations
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
- ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
- ^ Despite announcing the awards, the ceremony was not held that year.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "SRK's Devdas, Veer-Zaara to be screened at theatres in the US". 28 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ a b Hungama, Bollywood. "Veer Zaara Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Veer Zaara - Movie - - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "SRK-Preity Zinta's Veer Zaara completes golden 13 years: 13 lesser known facts of Yash Chopra's film". Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Veer-Zaara - Indian Cinema". uiowa.edu. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Veer-Zaara". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Veer-Zaara". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Veer Zaara - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Winners of Bollywood Movie Awards: 2003 & 2005". BollywoodAwards.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Filmfare Nominees and Winners" (PDF). Filmfare. pp. 116–119. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Veer Zaara : Awards and Nominations". 5 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "52nd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Stardust Awards 2005". Stardust Awards. 20 February 2005. SET Max.
- ^ "Zee Cine Awards: Bigger & Better!". Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Zee Cine Awards 2005". Zee Cine Awards. 26 March 2005. Zee TV.