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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Official Film Poster
Directed by	Yash Chopra
Screenplay by	Aditya Chopra Devika Bhagat
Story by	Aditya Chopra
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Starring	Shahrukh Khan Katrina Kaif Anushka Sharma
Cinematography	Anil Mehta
Edited by	Namrata Rao
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	November 13, 2012 (2012-11-13)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (Translation: Till There Is Life) is an upcoming 2012 Bollywood romantic 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 the 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 is Yash Chopra's fourth film to feature Shahrukh Khan in the lead role and it marks his return as a director after eight years. Chopra's last film was Veer-Zaara in 2004.

The background score and soundtrack is by A. R. Rahman while the lyrics are penned by Gulzar. The film is scheduled to release on the six-day Diwali weekend which begins on November 13, 2012.

Cast

• Shahrukh Khan as Samar

It was reported that Shahrukh Khan would play a role spanning two life stages, one in his twenties resembling that of his earlier performance Raj from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and the other at a more mature age as an army officer in Ladakh.

• Katrina Kaif as Meera

Prior to the film's release, Kaif's role was described as "the archetypal Yash Chopra seductress, an unattainable beauty." She was reported to have put in a significant amount of work to make her character believable, and was helped by Khan, who had prior experience with the director. Kaif faced difficulty at times while filming in London due to the cold weather.

• Anushka Sharma as Akira

Anushka Sharma was reported to have been portraying 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 wants to work for Discovery Channel and make documentaries. She is extremely ambitious and would do anything to make it big and realize her dreams."

• Anupam Kher

Kaif's father in the film. He stated in an interview that his role in the film was a cameo appearance.

• Rishi Kapoor
• Neetu Singh

Production

Development

In June 2011, Yash Raj Films released a statement announcing a new directorial venture by Yash Chopra which would coincide with the 50th anniversary of his career in Bollywood. The producers also announced that the film would release on the Diwali 2012 weekend. According to Chopra, the film was planned in early 2009 but he did not want Khan to work on any film other than his simultaneously. In an interview with The Telegraph he said, "My film is an emotional film. It is not comedy, action, escapism...This is what we call an internal film. There are only three characters their emotions, happiness, sadness."

He also stated that the film was untitled at that time, similar to his previous project Veer-Zaara which was named on the day of its submission to the Central Board of Film Certification. The producers had considered a variety of options for the title but were reportedly not satisfied with any of them. In September 2012, it was officially announced that the title of the movie was Jab Tak Hai Jaan. The title seeming to have been inspired from a song of the same name from the 1975 hit film Sholay.

Filming

Initially the film's principal photography was expected to commence in November 2011. However, it had to be delayed since Khan wanted to take a break after his two releases in 2011, Ra.One and Don 2. Principal photography officially began on January 9, 2012 at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, where a significant portion of the film was also shot.

After the schedule in India, the crew began a 35-day filming schedule in London beginning on February 22, 2012. The film was shot under the working title of Production 45. Khan arrived in London on February 21, 2012 and completed filming his appearance on March 26. During filming, photos of the actors on the sets were leaked on the Internet, inciting a camera ban by the producers and an increase in the amount of security for the film's production. A number of locations throughout the city featured in the film, including the Borough Market, Jubilee Walk, the Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf. A car crash sequence was filmed at Shepherd's Bush by closing down four streets in the area. The schedule was completed on March 27, 2012 at an indoor location in East London. The romantic scenes of the film were directed by Chopra's son Aditya Chopra to give the romance a more contemporary feel. The Ishq Shava song was shot with the leading duo and freestyle dancers in an underground club and onboard a boat on the River Thames, London. The climax of the film, initially planned by Chopra to be shot in the mountains of Kashmir, was relocated to Ladakh. This was apparently a suggestion of Khan whose movie Dil Se.. had been shot in the area many years earlier. However, portions of the film were later filmed in three different cities of Kashmir—Srinagar, Pahalgam and Gulmarg.

Marketing

A teaser trailer was released along with the theatrical release of Ek Tha Tiger as well as through the firm's official YouTube channel on August 15, 2012. The 1:30 minute clip showed glimpses of Yash Chopra's successful yet acclaimed directorial ventures and then highlighted his upcoming film. The trailer incorporated the preludes of the song Challa as the background music. Yet again, the film remained untitled as "A Yash Chopra Romance." The teaser crossed over one million views in less than three days.

The main theatrical trailer of nearly 2:30 minutes featuring the film's title was released on September 20, 2012 through Yash Raj Film's official YouTube channel. It received a tremendous response on YouTube with a million views on the first day and 30,000 likes within a week, surpassing the record held by The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, making it the first film trailer in the world to achieve this number in such a short amount of time.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film is composed by A. R. Rahman while the lyrics are penned by Gulzar. The first song of the soundtrack was completed in December 2011. By February 2012, Rahman told in an interview with The Times of India that he had completed three songs for the film. A part of the lyrics of the poem Jab Tak Hai Jaan were released prior to the launch of the soundtrack. Singer Neeti Mohan made her debut as a playback singer in this soundtrack. Eventually, it was confirmed that Rabbi Shergill had sung the lines in the end of the instrumental version of song Challa which was featured in the first trailer of the film. The video promo of the first song, Challa, that was released on October 1, 2012 garnered over a million views within a day of its release. It was also made available as a complete track for digital download. A small portion of the song Heer sung in Punjabi by Harshdeep Kaur was leaked on the internet on October 7, 2012. The video promo of the breezy romantic number Saans was launched on October 9, 2012 at an event in Mumbai.

Tracklist

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External links

• Jab Tak Hai Jaan at IMDb
• Official site
• Jab Tak Hai Jaan on Twitter
• Jab Tak Hai Jaan on Facebook

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