Jab Tak Hai Jaan 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. Jab Tak Hai Jaan was Yash Chopra's last directorial venture before his death on 21 October 2012.
The background score and soundtrack were composed by A.R. Rahman, while the lyrics penned by Gulzar. The film released during the six-day Diwali weekend that began on 13 November 2012.
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 in Ladakh
and is rescued by the major. Samar gives her his jacket but leaves
before retrieving it. Akira finds his diary in the jacket 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 work as a part-time waiter where
he meets Meera (Katrina Kaif)
during her engagement party. 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.
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 but he refuses to reciprocate due to his past.
Akira makes the film successfully and departs for London, earning praise
for her work. However, to launch the film, she needs Samar to visit the
city. After she extensively tries to persuade a reluctant Samar, he
finally 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 a decade ago.
Akira tracks down Meera and persuades 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 is now 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 and he realizes
Meera was lying to him. Samar confronts Meera and gives her a choice,
either be 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, realizing her
mistake, travels to Kashmir where they reunite. Samar defuses his last
bomb and proposes to her on the spot.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan(2012) Songs Lyrics
1. Jab Tak Hai Jaan Poem – Shah Rukh Khan
2. Challa - Rabbi Shergill
3. Saans - Mohit Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal
4. Ishq Shava – Raghav Mathur, Shilpa Rao
5. Heer – Harshdeep Kaur
6. Jiya Re – Neeti Mohan
7. Jab Tak Hai Jaan Title Song - Javed Ali, Shakthisree Gopalan
60 crore (US$10.92 million)
