Idle musings

VEER ZAARA     I saw more than half of Veer Zaara yesterday. My comments are below. THE STORY =========     The tale is of an Indian squadron leader, Veer (Shah Rukh Khan) who rescues a Pakistani girl, Zaara (Priety Zinta) and falls in love with her. When she returns home, Zaara has to marry a man selected by her parents, but Veer's declaration of love haunts and torments her. Her friend summons Veer and the two meet, but when her mother requests him to give back her daughter, the gallant Veer concurs. Zaara marries the man selected by her parents, who also arranges the arrest of Veer, supposed to be a spy named Rajesh.     Veer spends 22 years in a Lahore jail as prisoner 786, so that Zaara can be happy. As it turns out, Zaara's marriage ends in a couple of years and she and her friend go to India seeking Veer out - in vain, of course. Meanwhile, an idealistic lawyer Samia (Rani Mukherjee) vows to restore Veer his identity and his country and reunite him with Zaara. She goes