Jab Tak Hai Jaan 2012

Directed by Yash Chopra

Produced by Aditya Chopra

Screenplay by Aditya Chopra

Story by Aditya Chopra

Starring
Shahrukh Khan as Samar
Katrina Kaif as Khushi
Anushka Sharma as Muskaan
Anupam Kher As Khushi’s father
Archana Puran Singh
Rishi Kapoor
Neetu Singh

Music by A. R. Rahman

Cinematography Anil Mehta

Editing by Namrata Rao

Distributed by Yash Raj Films

Release date(s) November 13, 2012

Country India

Language Hindi

In June 2011, Yash Raj Films released an official statement announcing the commencement of a new Yash Chopra directorial venture, which would coincide with the 50th anniversary of Chopra’s career in Bollywood. The producers also announced that film would release on the Diwali weekend of 2012.According to Chopra, the film was planned in early 2009, but he did not want Khan to work on any film other than his. 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.” In the same interview, he stated that the film was untitled as of that time, similar to his previous film Veer-Zaara which was named on the day of its submission to the Central Board of Film Certification.For the film’s name, the producers considered a variety of options but were reportedly not satisfied. Subsequently, over the beginning of 2012, various sources claimed that the film would be titled as London Ishq, but an official announcement from Yash Raj Films denied the title. Yash Chopra had later “nearly finalized” the title Jai, but retracted it afterwards. In June 2012, it was reported that Yash Raj Films had strongly considered naming the film as Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum, inspired by a popular song from Yash Chopra’s 1981 film Silsila, though the news remained officially unconfirmed.
Initially, the film’s principal photography was expected to commence in November 2011. However, it had to be delayed since Khan had wanted to take a break with his family after his two 2011 releases Ra.One and Don 2. Principal photography officially commenced on 9 January 2012 at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, where a significant portion of the film was completed. 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 a working title of Production 45. Khan arrived in London on March 21, 2012 and completed filming his appearance on March 26.During filming photos of the actors on the sets were leaked on the Internet, prompting a camera ban by the producers and an increase in the amount of security for the film’s production.[24] A number of locations throughout the city featured in the film, including Borough Market, Jubilee Walk, the Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf. A key action 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.It was later reported that the romantic scenes of the film were directed by Chopra’s son Aditya Chopra and not Yash, due to the difference in age between the latter and the lead actors. Later, it was reported that the climax of the film, initially planned by Chopra to be shot in his favourite snow-clad mountains of Kashmir, was now relocated to the beautiful city of Ladakh in the state of Jammu-Kashmir. This was apparently a suggestion of Khan, whose movie Dil Se.. was shot in Ladakh as well. According to the fresh report they completed shooting in three cities in Kashmir ~ Srinagar, Pahalgam & Gulmarg on 6th september 2012. The soundtrack for the film will be composed by A. R. Rahman, while lyrics are penned by Gulzar.The first song of the film was completed in December 2011. In February 2012, Rahman told in an interview with The Times of India that he had completed three songs for the film. The rumors of Katrina Kaif lending her voice to a dreamy romantic song were denied by the music composer