Veer-Zaara is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed and produced by Yash Chopra, and written and produced by his son Aditya Chopra. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta as star-crossed lovers, Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian Air Force officer, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, the daughter of a Pakistani politician. Veer is imprisoned on false charges and 22 years later, a Pakistani lawyer Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji), fights his case. Divya Dutta, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher play supporting roles with Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Manoj Bajpayee make special appearances.