Jab Tak Hai Jaan (Till I'm Alive)[2] is an upcoming 2012 Bollywood romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra, written and produced by Aditya Chopra under their production house Yash Raj Films. The film features Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif andAnushka Sharma in pivotal roles, making it the first film to pair Khan and Kaif and the second collaboration between Khan and Sharma.[3] The film, believed to be a love triangle, marks the return of Yash Chopra as a director after a gap of eight years, his last film being Veer-Zaara in 2004.[4] The soundtrack will be composed by A. R. Rahman, who will be working with Yash Chopra for the first time in his career. He had earlier worked with Yash Chopra's production house Yash Raj Films on Saathiya (directed by Shaad Ali).The film is scheduled for release on 13 November 2012. A short teaser of the film was released alongside Ek Tha Tiger, yet another film by Yash Raj Film production.[5]
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan as Samar
- Khan will be playing a member of the bomb disposal squad, for which he goes to Ladakh and Kashmir. There is an elaborate action sequence involving his character in Ladakh. It was reported that Shahrukh Khan would play a role spanning across two life stages; first, in his 20s of a role resembling that of his earlier performance Raj from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), while the second of a more matured age, an army officer in Ladakh.[6]
- Katrina Kaif as Khushi
- Prior to the film's release, Kaif's role was described as "the archetypal Yash Chopra seductress; an unattainable beauty".[7] She was reported to have put in a significant amount of work to make her character believable,[8] and was helped by Khan, who had prior experience with the director. Kaif faced difficulty at times while filming in London due to the cold weather.[9]
- Anushka Sharma as Muskaan
- Anushka plays a young, bubbly girl who works for a wildlife channel in London. She is ambitious, career-driven and a complete charmer. She speaks a lot but Samar remains sombre due to events which happened in his past but Muskaan starts falling in love with Samar. Anushka Sharma was reported to have been portraying the second female lead in the film. However, in April 2012, it was reported that she would be playing only an extended cameo appearance in the film.[10] This was later denied by their official spokesperson.[11]
- Kaif's father in the film. He stated in an interview that his role in the film was a cameo appearance.[12]
[edit]Production
[edit]Development
In June 2011, Yash Raj Films released a statement announcing a new directorial venture by Yash Chopra, which would coincide with the 50th anniversary of his career in Bollywood. The producers also announced that film would release on the Diwali weekend of 2012.[13] According to Chopra, the film was planned in early 2009, but he did not want Khan to work on any film other than his simultaneously. In an interview with The Telegraph, he said, "My film is an emotional film. It is not comedy, action, escapism ... This is what we call an internal film. There are only three characters [and] their emotions, happiness, sadness."[14] He also stated that the film was untitled as of that time, similar to his previous film Veer-Zaara which was named on the day of its submission to the Central Board of Film Certification.[15]
[edit]Filming
Initially, the film's principal photography was expected to commence in November 2011. However, it had to be delayed since Khan had wanted to take a break after his two releases in 2011, Ra.One and Don 2.[16] Principal photography officially commenced on 9 January 2012[4] at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, where a significant portion of the film was completed.[17]
After the schedule in India, the crew began a 35-day filming schedule in London beginning on February 22, 2012. The film was shot under a working title of Production 45.[18][19]Khan arrived in London on March 21, 2012[20] and completed filming his appearance on March 26.[12] During filming photos of the actors on the sets were leaked on the Internet, prompting a camera ban by the producers and an increase in the amount of security for the film's production.[21] A number of locations throughout the city featured in the film, including the Borough Market, Jubilee Walk, the Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf. A key action sequence was filmed at Shepherd's Bush by closing down four streets in the area.[20] The schedule was completed on March 27, 2012 at an indoor location in East London.[22] It was later reported that the romantic scenes of the film were directed by Chopra's son Aditya Chopra, due to the difference in age between the latter and the lead actors.[23] Later, it was reported that the climax of the film, initially planned by Chopra to be shot in the mountains of Kashmir, was now relocated to Ladakh. This was apparently a suggestion of Khan, whose movie Dil Se.. had been shot in Ladakh as well. According to the fresh report they completed shooting in three cities in Kashmir — Srinagar, Pahalgam & Gulmarg on 6th september 2012.[24][25]
[edit]Title of the film & Trailer
For the film's name, the producers considered a variety of options but were reportedly not satisfied. Yash Chopra had later "nearly finalized" the title Jai, but retracted it afterwards. In June 2012, it was reported that Yash Raj Films had strongly considered naming the film as Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum, inspired by a popular song from Yash Chopra's 1981 filmSilsila, though the news remained officially unconfirmed.[26]
As per reports and usual promotional norms of Yash Raj Films, a unique form of trailer was released via both, film release of Ek Tha Tiger as well as through the firm's officialYoutube channel on August 15, 2012.[27] The one and half minute trailer showed the glimpse of Yash Chopra's successful yet acclaimed several earlier romantic directorials and then in series highlighted his upcoming film by introducing the lead roles and mentioning music composer with the lyricist of the film. Yet again, the film remained untitled as "AYash Chopra Romance". The trailer has crossed over one million views in less than three days.[28][29] As per reports 27 August 2012, the second trailer is scheduled to be revealed on 27 September 2012 that marks the director's 80th birthday.[30] It was confirmed on Tuesday 11th of September 2012 that the title of the movie is Jab Tak Hai Jaan. The title seems to have been inspired from a song of the same name from the 1975 hit film Sholay.[31]
[edit]Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film will be composed by A. R. Rahman, while lyrics are penned by Gulzar.[4]The first song of the film was completed in December 2011.[32] In February 2012, Rahman told in an interview with The Times of India that he had completed three songs for the film.[33] The rumors of Katrina Kaif lending her voice to a dreamy romantic song were denied by the music composer.[34][35] A part of the lyrics of the title song were released prior to the launch of the soundtrack.[36]
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