The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...
Director: Yash Chopra
Writers: Aditya Chopra (dialogue), Aditya Chopra (screenplay),
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji
Story Line: Veer Pratap Singh (Shah Rukh Khan) is an officer and pilot in the Indian
Air Force who one day meets a beautiful Pakistani heiress, Zaara Hayaat
Khan (Preity Zinta), as she travels to a small Indian village to
scatter the ashes of one of her family's loyal servants. Veer has family
in the village, and while most Indians show no affection for
Pakistanis, his aunt and uncle are willing to take Zaara in for the
night. It isn't long before Veer finds himself falling for her; however,
Veer learns that Zaara is engaged to another man, Raza (Manoj Bajpai), a
cruel and humorless Pakistani. A friend of Zaara contacts Veer and
tells him that Zaara wants out of her engagement and has strong feelings
for him, but when he comes to her rescue, matters take a turn for the
worse and Veer winds up in jail. Twenty years later, Veer is still
behind bars, and finds that his case is being given a new trial, but
while he has a new chance at freedom, he discovers his lawyer will be
going up against a state ..
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