A woman is made to realize that her prayers and sacrifice to save her boyfriend's life may have led him to a fate worse than death.
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Samar Anand, a hard working young immigrant in the city of London, glimpses upon the love of his life, a gorgeous angelic looking girl, (Katrina Kaif). They meet and their bond blossoms into love with time spent together. Samar however meets with a serious accident, and Meera vows to God she will leave Samar forever if he allowed him to live again, their love affair ends as quickly as it began. Samar angered with God and fueled with his love for Meera, declares War against Him. Samar Anand vows to walk into the jaws of death everyday as a challenge to God to keep him alive. He becomes Major Samar Anand in the Indian Army, a bomb disposal chief, defusing bombs without ever wearing a bomb suit. It is here that Major Samar also known as 'the man who cannot die' meets Akira (Anushka Sharma), a spirited vibrant, 'today's generation' Discovery Channel correspondent with a WTF attitude. Aware of Samar Anand's story, Akira is determined to unravel the mystery of love in this intriguing story,...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Shah Rukh Khan | - | Samar Anand |
 | Anupam Kher | - | Meera's father |
 | Anushka Sharma | - | Akira Rai |
 | Katrina Kaif | - | Meera Thapar |
 | Rishi Kapoor | - | Imran |
 | Andrew Bicknell | - | Frank |
 | Julia St John | - | Catherine (Akira's Boss) |
 | Neetu Singh | - | Meera's Mother |
 | Susan Fordham | - | Party Guest |
| Lucy Phelps | - | Lynne |
 | Sarika | - | Dr. Zoya Ali Khan |
| Paul Blackwell | - | Police Officer - BTP |
 | Atul Sharma | - | Party Guest |
 | Vic Waghorn | - | Party Guest |
| Steve Box | - | Police Officer - BTP |
The movie's release coincided with the 50th anniversary of Yash Chopra's career in Bollywood.
Yash Chopra had intended to film parts of the title song "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" in the Swiss Alps, a favourite shooting location of his. However, after his death the Switzerland shoot was cancelled, as Aditya Chopra did not want to tamper with his father's vision.
The romantic scenes of the film were directed by Yash Chopra's son Aditya Chopra to give the romance a more contemporary feel.
Initially, the film shooting was supposed to get started in November 2011. However, it was postponed to January 2012 since Shah Rukh Khan decided to take a break with his family after the release of the films Случайный доступ (2011) and Дон. Главарь мафии 2 (2011).
This movie marks the return of Yash Chopra as a director after a gap of 8 years, his last film being Veer-Zaara.
Chopra completed the film just before he died on October 21, 2012, at the age of 80 as a result of dengue fever.
The climax of the film was initially planned by Yash Chopra to be shot in Kashmir. But instead the climax was shot in Ladakh, on the suggestion of Shah Rukh Khan, whose film "Dil Se.." was shot in the area many years earlier.
"Jab Tak Hai Jaan," the poem that Shah Rukh Khan recites during the teaser and that was added to the official soundtrack album of the movie, was written by Aditya Chopra, who, following his father's footsteps, directed romantic classics such as Непохищенная невеста (1995), Влюблённыe (2000), and Эту пару создал Бог (2008).
The first song of the film was completed in December 2011. In February 2012, A.R. Rahman told in an interview that he had completed three songs.
Shooting locations included Mumbai, London, and Bangkok on a 35-day shooting schedule that began on February 22, 2012.
First time Yash Chopra made a film, without Lata Mangeshkar singing even one song, otherwise usually all songs of Yash Chopra's film must be sung by Lata Mangeshkar and also sometimes Yash Chopra's wife, Pamela Chopra also sing for her husband's film.
Katrina Kaif was often spotted smoking cigarettes with Shah Rukh Khan on the sets of the film, which led to some public controversy.
During filming, there were rumours that the film was a remake of Yash Chopra's film Daag: A Poem of Love (1973). However, these rumours were refuted by Yash Raj Films.
Sharukh Khan and Katrina Kaif were paired together for the first time.
Many affair rumors began popping up during the making of the film of Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif being together, as they were seen smoking cigarettes together after shooting very frequently. However, Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif shot these down very quickly.
This was the last film (with the exception of Fan in 2016) in which Shahrukh Khan was top billed over lead actresses. From his next film Chennai Express, he would allow lead actresses to receive top billing.
Katrina Kaif worked with the three Khans consecutively in 2012-13 ("Ek Tha Tiger", "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" and "Dhoom 3"). She would again in 2017-18 ("Tiger Zinda Hai", "Thugs Of Hindostan" and "Zero").
In her streak of working with the Khans, Katrina had one thing common in the two films opposite every Khan: "Ek Tha Tiger" and "Tiger Zinda Hai" belong to same franchise; "Dhoom 3" and "Thugs Of Hindostan" are both directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya; and "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" and "Zero" both also stars Anushka Sharma.
Neetu Singh Kapoor who plays Katrina's estranged mother is shown settled with Rishi Kapoor . They both are married in actual life.
In an interview, Khan revealed details about his character: Samar is "angry, unforgiving, with loads of emotional baggage. I play him sweet when he needs to be. Actually, he is a lot like I am. Samar is a combination of angst, tenderness, anger, and yeah, he's pretty unforgiving."
Two weeks before the release, Ajay Devgn FFilms sent a notice to the Competition Commission of India accusing Yash Raj Films of monopolistic business practices; the notice contended that they used "their dominant position in the Bollywood film market" to secure many desirable single-screen theatres for their release.
Filming began on January 9, 2012.
This was Yash Chopra's 22nd and final movie.
After many years Neetu Singh Kapoor, was seen in a film.
Yash Chopra worked with Gulzar and A.R. Rahman for the first time.
Neetu Singh Kapoor is shown as the estranged mother of Kaif. While the film was being shot, Kaif used to date her son Ranbor Kapoor.
It marked the second collaboration between Khan and Sharma, as they previously featured in the film "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" (2008) also a Yash Raj film.
Chopra's fourth film to feature Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role.
The film was released during the six-day Diwali weekend beginning on 13 November 2012.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan emerged as the third-highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas at that time, after 3 Idiots (2009) and My Name Is Khan (2010).
It emerged as the third-highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas at that time, after '3 Idiots' (2009) and 'My Name Is Khan' (2010).
In June 2011, Yash Raj Films released a statement announcing a new directorial venture by Yash Chopra coinciding with the 50th anniversary of his Bollywood career.
The producers considered a number of titles but were not satisfied with any of them.
The film was titled in September 2012, thus only two months before the release.
Chopra said the film was untitled at the time of announcement, similar to previous project 'Veer-Zaara' (which was named on the day of its submission to the Central Board of Film Certification).
The title was inspired by a similarly titled song from 'Sholay' (1975).
Aditya Chopra wanted his father, Yash Chopra, to make another film and approached him with the concept for 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan'.
Khan was the first choice for the role of Samar Anand, due to his long-standing relationship with the production house and the Chopra family.
As in his previous productions, Yash Chopra wanted to introduce a fresh pairing in the film and chose Katrina Kaif to star with Khan.
Anushka Sharma was cast in a supporting role to complete her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films, with whom she had worked on many previous projects.
Khan, who was working on other projects at that time, was unavailable for the shooting schedule so it was changed.
Though casting was quickly completed, shooting was delayed because the lead actors were busy with other projects.
Kaif's role was described as "the archetypal Yash Chopra seductress, an unattainable beauty".
Kaif worked hard to make her character believable with help from Khan, who had previous experience with the director.
The film was being shot under the working title Production 45.
Principal photography began on 9 January 2012 at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, where a significant part of was shot.
Khan arrived in London on 21 February 2012, and finished filming on 26 March 2012.
During the filming, photos of the actors on-set were leaked on the Internet, triggering a camera ban by the producers and increased security.
A number of locations throughout the city featured in the film, including the Borough Market, Jubilee Walkway, the Great Conservatory, the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Bridge, Trafalgar Square, the Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges, the O2 Arena, the Tower Bridge, and Canary Wharf.
A dance sequence was filmed next to King's College London law school in Somerset House.
The trailer does not give out anything of the movie's premise.
The clean-shaven and bearded looks of Khan started the rumour that Khan plays two different characters in the film.
Filming was completed on 27 March 2012 at an indoor location in East London.
The "Ishq Shava" dance scene was shot with the leading duo and freestyle dancers in an underground club and aboard a boat on the River Thames.
Portions of Jab Tak Hai Jaan were filmed in three Kashmiri cities: Srinagar, Pahalgam, and Gulmarg.
The first song of the soundtrack was completed in December 2011.
A. R. Rahman was signed to compose the soundtrack in May 2011.
The soundtrack features nine songs, with eight lyrics by Gulzar and the title track written by Aditya Chopra.
By February 2012, Rahman said in an interview with The Times of India that he had completed three songs for the film.
Was selected for the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and the Marrakech International Film Festival.
The lead trio would again wok in "Zero" (2018).
It had 95 to 100-percent occupancy at multiplexes and single screens across India on its opening day.
Khan's second consecutive film released on Diwali after "Ra. One" (2011).
The Blu-ray Disc edition of the film featured Dolby TrueHD 96k upsampling, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Surround 5.1 sound and two additional DVDs. Four hours of extra footage were included on the discs, including the making of the film and songs, an interview with Chopra and Khan, deleted scenes, videos of Khan learning to play the guitar and ride a bicycle, and a preview from the film's premiere held in a specially constructed vintage theatre at Yash Raj Studios.
Rahman summarized about the soundtrack album quoting,"It's a combination. They wanted to do my kind of songs at the same time they wanted the old charm and soul of music that Indian audience would love and which I wanted to do for a long time."[
Khan specially learnt the guitar chords of the song "Challa" so as to portray authenticity while strumming it.
The song Saans was attributed as 'The Breathe of Love' by Khan when it opened up as video promo on the day of music launch.
Several media reports claimed opening notes and guitar strummings of the song to be loosely inspired from Eagle-Eye Cherry's song Save Tonight. However, these allegation were shot down by the singer Rabbi Shergill claiming that the two songs that shared acoustic guitar, bass and tempo, nonsensical insinuations had come up.
About "Saans", Rahman stated that initially the patch version of the song was composed with dummy lyrics. He added that the song highlights traditional beats but has an edge to it.
Rahman stated that instead of trance or dubstep genre, he fused tribal and contemporary with acoustics for 'Ishq Dance' and 'Ishq Shava'. The song also involves more of strummed Spanish guitars in its preludes.
Initially the song "Heer Heer" was recorded as patch, to be featured only in the film. However, lyricist Gulzar insisted Rahman to record it as a complete track after adding more lines to the folk poetry.
In the song "Heer Heer" the straight Punjabi lyrical track implicitly refers the folklores of Mirza Sahiban and Heer Ranjha where the lyricist claimed to plank imagery in several lines of the song.
18] Singer Neeti Mohan made her debut as a playback singer through the song "Jiya Re".
Several reports stated, the theatrical trailer that incorporated the title song, claimed to be reminiscent of the song 'Apertura' of film "The Motorcycle Diaries", especially the use of Charango in the music.
Chopra stated "Challa" to be his favorite pick from the album and even recited few lines of it.
On Chopra's 80th birthday, Khan paid homage to him in an event pertaining to his film where the song 'Challa' was deciphered.
A small portion of the song 'Heer Heer' sung in Punjabi by Harshdeep Kaur was leaked on the internet on 7 October 2012.
The video promo of second song 'Saans' was launched on 9 October 2012 in an event held at Ball Room, Taj Land Ends, Bandra, Mumbai. The romantic number was launched in presence of Khan and Katrina Kaif web conferencing the event over Skype where Khan attributed the song as "The Breathe of Love".
After the second day of release, the album reached the number one spot on the Top 10 World Albums chart on iTunes, making it the third Indian album to achieve this feat after 'Enthiran' (2010) and 'Rockstar' (2011). Notably, all three were composed by A. R. Rahman.
Pangong Lake, Ladakh, the icy cold river from which SRK saves a drowning Anushka Sharma in this movie.
It was the first movie in which Shah Rukh Khan did a onscreen liplock scene.
This film features Shah Rukh Khan's first on-screen kiss in his entire career. Khan has strict rules of not kissing his co-stars or riding a horse in a film, but Yash Chopra approached him and said it was a necessity.
Samar's car-crash scene was filmed at Shepherd's Bush by closing four streets in the area.
As per the plot of the film, the song "Saans" needed tautness that is exemplified by the tensed violins. As Samar helps Meera in reviving her maternal bondings where in she knows more on love through her mother. This makes Meera reciprocate her feelings to Samar, expressed as song Saans.
The reprise version of the song "Saans" is positioned when Meera and Samar converge post 10 years.
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