Veer-Zaara (2004)

Star Power: Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini

Overall Rating: 7 out of 7 chilies

Music: 7 out of 7 chilies

Choreography: 7 out of 7 chilies

Synopsis:

When aspiring lawyer Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji) visits Indian prisoner 786 (whose real name is Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan)) in a Pakistani jail to offer to fight his case, at first he turns her down, but gradually he opens up and begins to relate the strange series of events that led up to his imprisonment. 22 years earlier, a young Pakistani girl called Zaara Haayat Khan (Preity Zinta) is traveling to India to fulfill her governess' dying wish to have her ashes scattered in her native country when her bus overturns. Veer is part of the Indian Air Force team that saves her and later accompanies her in scattering her governess' ashes. In return he asks to take her on a trip to his home village. Veer gradually falls in love with her, unaware that she is already engaged...

Comments:

A really great modern movie and a good starting place for anyone looking for an intro to Bollywood. A cast full of big-name stars and a list of songs which are almost all very catchy and sweet. This is one of Amitabh Bachchan's better later performances, in my opinion, as Veer's quirky loveable father and his onscreen moments with Hema Malini, especially in the song "Lodi", steal the show. Good chemistry between Shahrukh and Preity as well, and the ending will leave you smiling and crying all at the same time.