India Synopsis
वीर-ज़ारा
“A Love Legend”
Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian air force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.
Audience Engagement
231 audience reviews — more than 97% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among India films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Veer-Zaara. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Yash Raj Films
Drama + Romance in India
356 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Veer-Zaara itself).
The 2003–2005 India Window
Among 143 India films we catalog from this window, Veer-Zaara places #13 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Veer-Zaara premiered alongside 47 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 3h 12m runtime, production spent $36K per minute on screen and earned $153K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 47 other India films in 2004.
The 464th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Veer-Zaara, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- kashmir conflict · 3
- class society · 2
- pilot · 9
- pakistan · 9
- love of one's life · 8
- india · 84
- musical · 71
- prison · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #232 of 1,983 India films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #175 of 1,132 (top 15%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Spoken Languages | Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi |
| Production Companies | Yash Raj Films |
| Runtime | 3h 12m |
| Release Date | November 12, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0420332 |