The movie starts out with a man imprisoned, named 786 (the number of Alah in the Koran) but whose actually is Ex-Indian Air Force Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a young female Pakinstani Lawyer named Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji, and damn does is she amazing in this role, probably better than the leads) is on her first case, and for the first time in 22 years calls him by his real name (he was imprisoned as a spy under a different name). She thinks he has a chance of getting free if only he will talk, and talk he does.

22 years in the past, Veer spends his days in a rescue helicopter being lowered down and rescuing those in need, from Skiing accidents, to bus accidents. He is happy and content, until he saves one woman.

That women is Zaara Hayat Khan (Preity Zinta) a rich Palestinian girl, who is very strong willed, and yet is engaged to be married, against her will, but her nanny Bebe dies, and as she is dyeing asks Zaara to take her asthiyan and return it to Kiritpur in India so she can live with her ancestors. On the way her bus goes over a cliff and Veer saves her, but she drops her bag with the urn, and makes him go back for it, for which he rebukes her. Seeing Zaara afterwards he gets the whole story, and vows to help her, even getting a kindly Sikh priest to perform the last rights for her, when she vows to do one thing for Veer’s kindness, he asks for one day of her time, to take her to his home town.

Veer takes Zaara to his hometown for a local festival, where his Uncle (played by Amitabh Bachhan) and aunt who he calls mother and father have built the village from nothing, but Zaara manages to tell the uncle he should do more for women and build a woman’s high school, which he promptly decides to do, and has her lay the first brick. The parent’s convince Veer he should propose on the way back, and he plans to, but just as he wants to tell her they run into her fiancee (Manoj Bajpai) who takes her home, but not before Veer professes his love, and says she will always have a friend who is willing to give his life for her.

As Zaara’s wedding approaches she realizes more and more her love for Veer, and eventually her maid calls Veer to tell him, and he comes to get her. He wins over Zaara’s mom, but he must give her up for the good of the family who is using the marriage as a political solidarity, so they bid a sorrowful fair-well. Zaara’s mother gives Veer a talisman to ward off evil, but as he is gets on the bus he is taken by Pakistani military forces who claim he is a spy, and it turns out to be Zaara’s fiancee who did it, and if Veer says anything he will ruin Zaara’s reputation and the fiancee will make her life hell. So for her love, Veer says nothing and is imprisoned, and his bus is forced into an accident and everyone is killed, so everything thinks Veer is dead.

In the present Veer makes Saamiya Siddiqui promise not to mention Zaara or her family so as not to shame her at all, and since the lawyer she used to work for who has never lost a case is going against her, she must go to India to get evidence. Saamiya Siddiqui gets to Veer’s home village but learns his parents are dead, but he finds Zaara and her maid! It seems after Veer’s death, Zaara called off the wedding and moved to Veer’s home village to carry on his dreams, and now is the teacher at the girls high school. She goes back to save Veer, who is vindicated, Saamiya Siddiqui winning her first case, and Veer giving a speech showing how the people of Pakistan and Hindustan (India) are really the same. And finally Veer and Zaara can be spoken together again and married.

Yes it is a typical love story, and the dance numbers are not as large scaled as others I have seen, but I still loved this film. It was sad, and I loved the music, and yes these people are not like humans, who could put themselves through that, but that is why this is a fantasy film!