Veer-Zaara - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Veer-Zaara"
वीर-ज़ारा (2004)
Timing:
3:12 (192 min)
7.4/10
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Actors and characters
Zohra Sehgal
Character Bebe
Akhilendra Mishra
Character Jailor
Tom Alter
Character Doctor
Gurdas Mann
Character Gurdas Maan
Rushad Rana
Character Sahir
Vinod Negi
Character Vinod Negi
What's left behind the scenes
- All the scenes in the prison cell were filmed in one day.
- The character of Simi Siddiqui is based on a real person – Pakistani human rights activist and prominent lawyer Asma Jahangir. The role was intended for Aishwarya Rai, but she declined it.
- Veer’s prisoner number, 786, which lawyer Samia mentions to the guard, is considered a ‘sign from God.’ According to the Arabic numeral system, which assigns a numerical value to each letter, the number 786 represents the numerical value of the phrase ‘Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim’ (‘In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful!’), the first verse of the Quran.
- Filming of the prison scenes took only one day. Shah Rukh Khan had to wear a wig for these scenes.
- Initially, the script called for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play the role of Samia, but she had a falling out with Khan during filming of Aziz Mirza’s melodrama “Roads of Love” (2003), and Rani Mukherji played the role in both films instead.
- Operator Anil Mehta added a brownish tint to the film to create a mood of "past golden days" and convey a sense of nostalgia and memories. This trick was later used by the creators of many other films.
- Cinematographer Anil Mehta added a sepia tone to the film to give the on-screen events a feeling of “gone golden days” and convey a sense of nostalgia and memories. This trick was later used by the creators of many other films.
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