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jab tak hai jaan (as long as there is life) is a 2012 Indian romantic drama film, directed by Yash Chopra and written and produced by Aditya Chopra under their production banner Yash Raj Films. The film features Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma in lead roles, making it the
first film to pair Khan and Kaif and the second collaboration between Khan and
Sharma after Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. It was Yash Chopra's fourth film
to feature Shahrukh Khan in
the lead role, the former returning as a director after eight years post Veer-Zaara, which released in 2004.
The
background score and soundtrack is composed by A.R. Rahman, while the lyrics are penned by Gulzar. The film was released during the six-day Diwali weekend that began on 13 November 2012.[6][7]
Jab
Tak Hai Jaan received positive to mixed reviews from critics in India and
positive reviews from critics overseas. It also opened well at the box office.
Various websites have opined that the film might have drawn inspiration from
the Graham Greene novel The End of the Affair.[8][9] Box Office India declared the film a
"hit" in India and a "blockbuster" overseas.[10] However, Yash Raj Films and independent trade
analysts called the film a "worldwide blockbuster."[11]
Plot:
Samar
Anand (Shahrukh Khan), a
major in the Indian Army, defuses a
bomb showing no fear or regard for personal safety. After a while, Akira Rai (Anushka Sharma), a Discovery Channel filmmaker, dives into a river inLadakh and is rescued by the major. Samar gives her his
jacket but leaves before retrieving it. Akira finds his diary in the jacket's
pocket and starts reading.
The
diary recounts Samar's earlier years as a struggling immigrant in London. He worked as a musician and found other menial jobs to
support him and his roommate. One day Samar is offered a job as a part-time
waiter. There he meets Meera (Katrina Kaif) during her engagement party and, in
exchange for English lessons, Samar agrees to teach her how to sing. In the
process, Samar and Meera fall in love. On the day Meera is supposed to tell her
father about their relationship, Samar gets into a terrible accident. Meera
prays to God to save his life and makes a vow to never meet him again. Soon
Samar makes a speedy recovery and comes to know about the vow. In anger he
tells her to go away and leaves London. Samar challenges God to keep him alive while he will
risk his life everyday because he believes his death is the only way to make
Meera lose her faith in the deity who stole his love. He goes to India and
enlists in the Indian Army for
years.
As
Akira finishes reading the diary, she requests her supervisor to make a
documentary about a bomb disposal squad and is granted permission. She
approaches Samar for help and soon gets acquainted with him and his team. She
starts showing romantic feelings towards Samar, though he refuses to
reciprocate, due to his past. Akira makes the film successfully and departs for
London, earning praise for her work. But to launch it, she needs Samar to visit
the city. After she has been extensively trying to persuade a reluctant Samar,
he agrees to come to London, but is hit by a car upon arrival.
Samar
is diagnosed with retrograde amnesia,
remembering only the events before his first accident, about 10 years ago.
Akira meets Meera to persuade her to aid in Samar's recovery. Meera agrees and
pretends to be Samar's wife. During this time, Akira realizes that Major Samar
is only a fragment of the young Samar. He used to be a jubilant social man but
now is a bitter lonely individual. One day Samar comes across a bomb planted in
the London Underground and
helps defuse it. This event triggers his memory back, and he realizes Meera was
lying to him. Samar confronts Meera and gives her a choice, either come with
him or he will keep on risking his life until he is dead. Samar departs for
Kashmir, where he continues defusing bombs. During a conversation with Akira,
Meera realizes that her beliefs and prayers subjected Samar to a fate worse
than death. Meera, realising her mistake, travels to Kashmir where they
reunite. Samar defuses his last bomb and proposes to her on the spot.
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan as Samar Anand
Khan's role in the film
spans two ages, one at the age of 28 as a musician based in London and the other, at the age of 38 as an introverted,
composed, dutiful army officer in Kashmir.[12] In an interview, Shahrukh
revealed many details about his Jab Tak Hai Jaan character. He
said Samar is "angry, unforgiving, with loads of emotional baggage. I play
him sweet when he needs to be, actually he is a lot like me. Samar is a
combination of angst, tenderness, anger and yeah he’s pretty unforgiving. He’s
a lover who feels there is arrogance in love. You know, when you are in love
then you tend to feel more confident about yourself. You feel confident and
arrogant that somebody loves [you]." Shahrukh added that there is "a
sense of ownership in Samar. He feels he owns the person he loves but then when
it's needed he can show his frailty also. I like this in him, he accepts his
flaws and weaknesses."[13]
- Katrina Kaif as Meera Thappar
Prior to the film's
release, Kaif's role was described as "the archetypal Yash Chopra
seductress, an unattainable beauty."[14] She was reported to have put in
significant amount of work to make her character believable, and was helped by
Khan, who had prior experience with the director.[15] Khan said that Samar was
"actually... a lot like [him]", likewise Meera is a lot like Kaif.
Like Kaif, Meera has lived in London, comes from a separated family, is
learning the Indian language. Yash Chopra molded his two lead characters on the
actual actors they were played by.
- Anushka Sharma as Akira Rai
Anushka Sharma was
confirmed to be the second female lead in the film. In an interview with a
leading daily journal, Anushka stated, "I play a girl by the name Akira.
She is a 21 year old who works for Discovery Channel and makes documentaries. I
am on a quest to discover the truth behind the compelling story of The
Man Who Cannot Die. She is extremely ambitious and would do anything to
make it big and realize her dreams."[16] It was initially rumored that
Sharma would be seen in an extended cameo appearance but this was refuted by
the actress in the interview.[17]
- Anupam Kher as Meera's father
Kaif's father in the
film. He stated officially in an interview that his role in the film was a cameo appearance.
- Rishi Kapoor as Imraan
Neetu Singh's partner
who is in a live-in relation with her. The role is a cameo appearance.
- Neetu Singh as Pooja
Kaif's mother in the
film who left Meera's father for her lover when she was 12. The role is a cameo
appearance as well.
Shahrukh Khan starrer
romantic movie "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" concluded its fourth week on a high
note despite facing tough competition from two recent releases.
Yash Chopra's last
directorial movie collected ₹ 42 lakhs at the domestic box office in the fourth week, taking
the overall total to ₹ 121.27 crores net. In the international market, it raked in
total ₹ 72 crore in four
weeks.
"#JTHJ *Overseas*
grand total after 4th Week: $ 13.09 million [₹ 72 cr]. BLOCKBUSTER... 3rd highest grossing
film in Overseas," trade analyst and film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted.
The worldwide total of
the movie now stands at ₹193.27 crore net.
The romantic drama,
also starring Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles, has already
become Bollywood's third highest grossing film at the overseas box offices.
And now after collecting ₹121.27 crore it has become the fourth highest
grosser film in India this year.
Salman Khan's "Ek
Tha Tiger" tops the list with ₹198 crore followed by Akshay Kumar's
"Rowdy Rathore" at second position with ₹131 crore and Hrithik
Roshan's "Agneepath" at third position with ₹123 crore, according
to koimoi.com.
"Jab Tak Hai
Jaan" has surpassed the business of films like "Barfi,"
"Housefull 2," "Son of Sardaar" and "Bol
Bachchan" at the domestic box office this year.
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