Veer-Zaara
2004 Indian film by Yash Chopra · Released 2004
Veer-Zaara is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed and produced by Yash Chopra, and written and produced by his son Aditya Chopra. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta as star-crossed lovers, Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian Air Force officer, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, the daughter of a Pakistani politician. Veer is imprisoned on false charges and 22 years later, a Pakistani lawyer Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji), fights his case. Divya Dutta, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher play supporting roles with Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Manoj Bajpayee make special appearances.
Cast ages at release (2004)
- Shah Rukh Khan: 38–39
- Preity Zinta, as Zaara Hayaat Khan: 28–29
- Rani Mukerji, as Saamiya Siddiqui: 25–26
- Amitabh Bachchan, as Chaudhary Sumer Singh: 61–62
- Anupam Kher, as Zakir Ahmed: 48–49
- Boman Irani, as Jahangir Haayat Khan: 44–45
- Hema Malini, as Saraswati Kaur: 55–56
- Kirron Kher, as Mariam Hayaat Khan: 51–52
- Tom Alter, as Dr. Yusuf: 53–54
- Arun Bali, as Abdul Shirazi Khan: 61–62
- Akhilendra Mishra, as Jailer Majid Khan: 43–44
- Yash Chopra: 71–72
- Divya Dutta, as Shabina "Shabbo" Ibrahim: 26–27
- Zohra Sehgal, as Zahida "Bebe" Hayaat Khan: 91–92