The character of Saamiya Siddiqui is based on Pakistani human rights activist and well-known lawyer Asma Jehangir.
Amitabh Bachchan suggested Gurdas Mann to Yash Chopra, believing that Mann's voice would best suit the "Lodi" song.
When planning Veer-Zaara (2004), Yash Chopra had approached every music director, but couldn't find what he thought was the appropriate music for the film - his specific requirements was "old-world music," away from Western influences and having a strong melody line, with acoustic instruments. Madan Mohan's son, Sanjeev Kohli (also the CEO of Yash Raj Films), suggested some of his father's dummy tunes. Out of the hundreds of tunes in Mohan's archives, 35 were tested to see if they would fit the mood of the film and eleven were selected by Aditya Chopra .
The film was originally going to be called "Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum", named after the song from Silsila (1981), but Yash Chopra felt that "Veer-Zaara" went better with the epic mood of the film. However, a song in the film twisted the title and became "Yeh Hum Aa Gaye Hai Kahaan".
There was no bus service between Amritsar and Lahore. However, recently there have been demands and plans from both sides of the border for such a bus service, and on 11 December 2005, a year and a month after the movie released, the service was given a trial run. A success, the service commenced on 20th January 2006. Amused fans have dubbed this the VEER-ZAARA bus service.. Amused fans have dubbed this the VEER-ZAARA bus service.
The role of Saamiya Siddiqui was originally intended for Aishwarya Rai, but it didn't work out.
Even though this is the third film that Amitabh Bachchan and Preity Zinta have done together, this is the first movie where they've been in the same scene.
Saamiya Siddiqui:
[about Veer and Zaara] Which era do these two belong to?
Saamiya Siddiqui:
Your Honour, Prosecution Counsel Mr Zaheer Khan was very quick to...
Zakir Ahmed:
Zakir Ahmed...
Saamiya Siddiqui:
...say that the case is as transparant as water, but Mr Zaheer Khan forgets that...
Zakir Ahmed:
Ms Saamiya Siddiqui, my name is Zakir Ahmed!
Saamiya Siddiqui:
Being called by another name once has infuriated you to such an extent? Then just think, if you were called by another name every single day for twenty two years, can you imagine what it would feel like then?
Chaudhary Sumer Singh:
Be it a Pakistani, a Chinese or a Japanese, what does it matter? I don't see all this, all I see is that if the heart is pure, and if the right woman is sitting behind you with her hand on your shoulder, she will never let you fall.
Veer Pratap Singh:
After having 8-10 children, you come back to India and I'll carry you around the village on my bicycle.
Zaara Hayaat Khan:
I'd be too fat by then to be carried on a cycle.
Veer Pratap Singh:
I'll get you a tractor...
[first lines]
Narrator:
One early morning / Lifting the dark blanket of the night / From its pillow of mountain peak / The sun lifted its head / And saw... / The valley's heart is filled with the season of love / And the branches of memories have sprouted / Innumerable blossoms of moments past / That begin to scent the air. / Unspoken, unheard yearnings / Half asleep, half awake / Look out sleepily at life / As it flows in wave upon wave / Every moment new, but also the same / Yes, this life! / Which encompasses love and grief / Meetings as well as partings, and a sense / That time is flowing like a river, whispering as it flows... / "The valley's heart is filled with the season of love / And the branches of memories have sprouted / Innumerable blossoms of moments past / That begin to scent the air..."
Veer Pratap Singh, Zaara Hayaat Khan:
[singing] For you, / I lived / with my lips sealed. / For you, / I lived / swallowing all my tears. / But in my heart, still burning / is the lamp of love / for you, / for you...
[first words]
Veer Pratap Singh:
That's a F-49... Its speed is 400 miles per hour...
Zaara Hayaat Khan:
Relax, Ammi, I'm cool!
Zaara Hayaat Khan:
[to her mother] Can my father sacrifice his life for you?
Saamiya Siddiqui:
[handing Veer a pot of sindoor] Here, take this and make our Zaara yours forever.
[Veer applies the sindoor on Zaara's forehead, thus marrying her]
[last lines]
Veer Pratap Singh:
Come on, Zaara...
[Arm in arm, Veer and Zaara cross the border into India together... ]