18 Facts About Veer-Zaara

1.

Veer-Zaara is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language period epic romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra, who co-produced it with his son Aditya Chopra.

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2.

Veer-Zaara was released on 12 November 2004 during the Diwali festival.

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3.

At the 52nd National Film Awards, Veer-Zaara won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

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4.

Veer-Zaara then finalized another script and began casting for roles.

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5.

Veer-Zaara travelled to Bombay in 1951, when he was introduced to the film industry.

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6.

Veer-Zaara refers to the encounter between Zaara and Choudhary Sumer Singh, where Zaara persuades Singh to promote women's education as an instance of the theme.

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7.

Veer-Zaara perceives this as the transition from "living death to fruitless life".

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8.

Veer-Zaara feels that the central aestic pleasures of the films, especially Veer-Zaara, is the emphasis on border crossing as a "potentially radical act".

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9.

Veer-Zaara compares the last segment of the title song in which Zaara is shot to the climax of Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.

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10.

Veer-Zaara feels that the extended ending with the song "Tere Liye" was for a realistic approach.

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11.

Veer-Zaara felt that the universality of the maternal habit was highlighted in a sequence between Zaara's mother and Veer.

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12.

Veer-Zaara contrasts the love to Bombay, where religion is an obstacle to love, which is not the case in Veer-Zaara.

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13.

Veer-Zaara was released on 12 November 2004 and promoted with the tagline, "A Love Legend".

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14.

On 26 April 2006, Veer-Zaara had its French premiere at The Grand Rex, the biggest theatre in Paris.

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15.

In 2017, Veer-Zaara was restrained at the Best of Bollywood series in the United States.

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16.

Veer-Zaara was highly acclaimed by critics, who praised the film's story, screenplay, dialogues, music, performances and sensitive portrayal of India-Pakistan relations.

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17.

Veer-Zaara further noted that unlike other Hindi films, it deserves a wider audience for portraying "the humanity in characters who represent 'the other'", done "in a way that's dramatic, funny, fun, silly, musical, stylish, romantic and redemptive".

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18.

Veer-Zaara topped the week's highest-grossing films in India in the first week, grossing an average of 6,85,948 per print.

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