Yash Chopra n SRK’S Next...

One of the most anticipated movies of 2004 undoubtedly is Yash Chopra's next starring Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee and Manoj Bajpai. Apart from the multi starcast, which also includes Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini in guest appearances, the USP of the film will be Yash Chopra, who returns to the direction front after a hiatus of more than six long years since his last film Dil To Pagal Hai. And contrary to what the rumor-mills have to say, Yash Chopra has not revealed the title of his film as yet though it's shooting schedule is going on in full swing.

Chopra chooses the current favorite India - Pakistan theme as the base of his movie. However this one seems to be a genuine effort to cement the Indo-Pak relations further, which have been on an upswing in the recent times. The movie talks about the trauma of partition. In true Yashraj tradition, it's an emotional love story.

Recently the opening sequence of the film was shot at Asia's biggest wetland, the convergence of Ravi and the Beas, near the Ishar Dham Nanaksar Gurdwara at Amritsar. Yash Chopra along with his nearly 100-member team, which included fashion designer Manish Malhotra (who is also assisting him on this film) and ace cameraman Anil Mehta picturized the scene on Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee. The scene illustrated a Pakistani girl who comes to India after the recommencement of the Samjhauta Express to immerse the ashes of her forefathers. Preity plays the Pakistani girl and Shahrukh meets him in the course.

Of what little the director was ready to divulge on the project, Shahrukh rescues Preity from an accident and subsequently befriends and takes her around a trip to Punjab. But eventually, Preity has to return with her fiancée, Manoj Bajpai, to Pakistan. Does that sound somewhat like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge?

Well we are keeping our fingers crossed and eagerly awaiting for the film!