Yash Chopras last release as a director was Dil To Pagal Hain (97). But after watching his latest flick, one wishes that he should take complete retirement from direction. There are so many loopholes in the script and that too is written by his son Aditya Chopra who is very weak in writing right from Dilwale Dulhani a Le Jayenge, Mohabbatein till Veer Zaara.
Some critics like Taran Adarsh are trying to give this waste of time product full marks by giving 4 and a half star and then one wishes that he should stop writing review and praising such films which are full of inaccuracy and he should take a seat back and start doing some other job.
The film is inspired by DDLJ and Henna but again Yash and Aditya Chopra should think that they are not great storytellers like the great Showman Raj and Randhir Kapoor.
Based on the love story of an Indian Air Force Squadron Leader and a Pakistani girl, The story begins with the sorrowful life of Sqdrn. Leader Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan) who is in imprisonment in the central Jail of Lahore for the last 22 years. Everybody has forgotten his real name and calls him by the name of Qaidi No. 786. One day a Pakistani lawyer Samiya Sidiqui who is a councilor with the National Human Rights Commission reaches the jail to take up the case of Veer Pratap Singh. Veer Pratap, who has not opened his mouth for the last 20 years, talks to her tracing his past existence. Zaara Hayad Khan (Preity Zinta) is a smart daughter of a strong politician of Pakistan Jahangir Hayat Khan. One day Zaara comes out of home on a journey to India without informing anybody to fulfill her grandmothers last wish. She had promised her grand mother that her last rites would be completed in India in a place of Sikh Pilgrimage called Tirthpur. On way to India, Preity meets with a bus accident and Veer rescues her as a part of his duty. After that, Veer accompanies the lonely Pakistani girl Zaara to complete the last rites of her grand mother and soon they become good friends. Now Veer brings her to his village to introduce her to his uncle Choudhury Sumer Pratap Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) and his wife Hema Malini. Here Choudhury Sumer Pratap Singh is impressed with Zaara as she proposes to open a school for the girls in the village. Before leaving the village Choudhury asks veer to propose Zaara. At the railway station, just when Veer is about to propose to Zaara, her would-be husband Raza Sirazi (Manoj Bajpai) appears on the scene. Soon Zaara returns to Pakistan and Veer returns to duty with the memory of Zaara. Zaara likes turns to love for Veer and just before her Nikah with Raza she discloses her love for Veer. Veer also reaches Pakistan but their union remains a dream. Everybody knows that the political career of Jahangir Hayat Khan (Boman Irani) depends on the marriage of Zaara and Raza. He is not ready to allow the marriage of Veer and Zaara. Because of Jahangir Khan's status Veer and Zaara surrender their love and Zaara agrees to her Nikah with Raza. The plot proceeds with Pakistani police arresting veer on allegations that he is Rajesh Rathode and works for RAW as an intelligence agent. But when Zaara hears about Veers death, she breaks Nikah with Raza and flies to Veers native village to fulfill the dream of Choudhury Sumer Singh. When the case reopens, Samiya Sidiqui is not able to arrange any strong proof to identify Veer. So she moves to India to find a person who can identify Veer Pratap Singh and finally she meets Zaara. It is only then that she is able to convince the judge that Qaidi no. 786 is the Ex - Indian Airforce Officer Veer Pratap Singh and wins against public prosecutor Zakir Ahmed (Anupam Kher). And what happens next leave it. You can guess it by yourself. I cannot recommend you such terrible movie and also not to waste your money on such nastiest film.
There are so many loopholes and here are to name a few: How can one easily get a visa? How could Preity Zinta easily live in Pakistan with the fact that she is an Indian and no I.S.I. or any other government officials are coming investigating her and doing interrogation? The juniors cant see straight into the eyes of seniors like Barrister and in this film Rani Mukherjee easily wins the case.
Yash Chopra even made fun of the Late Madan Mohan by mentioning his name in the film as a music director. It is a mammoth harm to the memory of the maestro. It seems unlikely that the music director could have drummed up the dull, colorless and unexciting Veer Zaara tracks.
When Rani Mukerji knows her client has been falsely implicated for spying and the passport in the police records is false, why can't she contact the passport office in India for her client true identity?
Besides, how can the pilot be assumed dead when no body has been identified? To top it all, how can the Pakistan intelligence services not be aware that the daughter of a leading Pakistani politician lives in his home in India?
The film is set in Lahore (Pakistan) and Punjab (India). There are no mountains on the bus route that link the two. So how could Preity Zinta dangle from a ledge or Shah Rukh Khan supposedly die when the bus plunges into a ravine?
So now you can see there are so many fault in this bad movie.
Veer Zaara is the worst presentation from the Chopra camp. ½ Out of 5
Some critics like Taran Adarsh are trying to give this waste of time product full marks by giving 4 and a half star and then one wishes that he should stop writing review and praising such films which are full of inaccuracy and he should take a seat back and start doing some other job.
The film is inspired by DDLJ and Henna but again Yash and Aditya Chopra should think that they are not great storytellers like the great Showman Raj and Randhir Kapoor.
Based on the love story of an Indian Air Force Squadron Leader and a Pakistani girl, The story begins with the sorrowful life of Sqdrn. Leader Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan) who is in imprisonment in the central Jail of Lahore for the last 22 years. Everybody has forgotten his real name and calls him by the name of Qaidi No. 786. One day a Pakistani lawyer Samiya Sidiqui who is a councilor with the National Human Rights Commission reaches the jail to take up the case of Veer Pratap Singh. Veer Pratap, who has not opened his mouth for the last 20 years, talks to her tracing his past existence. Zaara Hayad Khan (Preity Zinta) is a smart daughter of a strong politician of Pakistan Jahangir Hayat Khan. One day Zaara comes out of home on a journey to India without informing anybody to fulfill her grandmothers last wish. She had promised her grand mother that her last rites would be completed in India in a place of Sikh Pilgrimage called Tirthpur. On way to India, Preity meets with a bus accident and Veer rescues her as a part of his duty. After that, Veer accompanies the lonely Pakistani girl Zaara to complete the last rites of her grand mother and soon they become good friends. Now Veer brings her to his village to introduce her to his uncle Choudhury Sumer Pratap Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) and his wife Hema Malini. Here Choudhury Sumer Pratap Singh is impressed with Zaara as she proposes to open a school for the girls in the village. Before leaving the village Choudhury asks veer to propose Zaara. At the railway station, just when Veer is about to propose to Zaara, her would-be husband Raza Sirazi (Manoj Bajpai) appears on the scene. Soon Zaara returns to Pakistan and Veer returns to duty with the memory of Zaara. Zaara likes turns to love for Veer and just before her Nikah with Raza she discloses her love for Veer. Veer also reaches Pakistan but their union remains a dream. Everybody knows that the political career of Jahangir Hayat Khan (Boman Irani) depends on the marriage of Zaara and Raza. He is not ready to allow the marriage of Veer and Zaara. Because of Jahangir Khan's status Veer and Zaara surrender their love and Zaara agrees to her Nikah with Raza. The plot proceeds with Pakistani police arresting veer on allegations that he is Rajesh Rathode and works for RAW as an intelligence agent. But when Zaara hears about Veers death, she breaks Nikah with Raza and flies to Veers native village to fulfill the dream of Choudhury Sumer Singh. When the case reopens, Samiya Sidiqui is not able to arrange any strong proof to identify Veer. So she moves to India to find a person who can identify Veer Pratap Singh and finally she meets Zaara. It is only then that she is able to convince the judge that Qaidi no. 786 is the Ex - Indian Airforce Officer Veer Pratap Singh and wins against public prosecutor Zakir Ahmed (Anupam Kher). And what happens next leave it. You can guess it by yourself. I cannot recommend you such terrible movie and also not to waste your money on such nastiest film.
There are so many loopholes and here are to name a few: How can one easily get a visa? How could Preity Zinta easily live in Pakistan with the fact that she is an Indian and no I.S.I. or any other government officials are coming investigating her and doing interrogation? The juniors cant see straight into the eyes of seniors like Barrister and in this film Rani Mukherjee easily wins the case.
Yash Chopra even made fun of the Late Madan Mohan by mentioning his name in the film as a music director. It is a mammoth harm to the memory of the maestro. It seems unlikely that the music director could have drummed up the dull, colorless and unexciting Veer Zaara tracks.
When Rani Mukerji knows her client has been falsely implicated for spying and the passport in the police records is false, why can't she contact the passport office in India for her client true identity?
Besides, how can the pilot be assumed dead when no body has been identified? To top it all, how can the Pakistan intelligence services not be aware that the daughter of a leading Pakistani politician lives in his home in India?
The film is set in Lahore (Pakistan) and Punjab (India). There are no mountains on the bus route that link the two. So how could Preity Zinta dangle from a ledge or Shah Rukh Khan supposedly die when the bus plunges into a ravine?
So now you can see there are so many fault in this bad movie.
Veer Zaara is the worst presentation from the Chopra camp. ½ Out of 5