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E29: Your LOVE story needs HATE. Veer-Zaara shows you why
Veer-Zaara is one of Bollywood’s great epic romances, but what makes the film work at the screenplay level?
In Episode 28 of the Breakdown Besties Podcast, Ananya and Akshay break down Veer-Zaara scene by scene to understand how the film constructs a 22-year love story around separation, sacrifice, yearning and the India-Pakistan conflict.
The film’s story, screenplay and dialogues were written by Aditya Chopra, with Yash Chopra directing. The central cast includes Shah Rukh Khan as Veer, Preity Zinta as Zaara, and Rani Mukerji as Samia Siddiqui.
We look at the film through a screenwriter’s…
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