Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byYash Chopra
Written byAditya Chopra
Screenplay byAditya Chopra
Devika Bhagat
Produced byAditya Chopra
Starring
CinematographyAnil Mehta
Edited byNamrata Rao
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 13 November 2012 (2012-11-13)
Running time
176 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹50 crore[2][3]
Box officeest. ₹235.66 crore[4]

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (transl. As Long as I Live), abbreviated as JTHJ, is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra and written and produced by his son Aditya Chopra under their banner Yash Raj Films. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Anushka Sharma.[1]

The story revolves around Samar Anand (Khan), a bomb disposal expert whose diary falls into the hands of an intern Akira Rai (Sharma); the diary recounts his time as a struggling immigrant in London, and later details his whirlwind romance with Meera Thapar (Kaif).[3]

Becoming Chopra's fourth film to feature Khan in the lead role, Jab Tak Hai Jaan marked the second collaboration between Khan and Sharma, as they previously featured in Yash Raj Films' Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), which was the latter's debut whereas this film was the first between Khan and Kaif.[5] Chopra returned to direction 8 years after Veer-Zaara (2004), and Jab Tak Hai Jaan was his final film before his death in October 2012.[6]

Released during the six-day Diwali weekend beginning on 13 November 2012, Jab Tak Hai Jaan received positive reviews from critics who praised Chopra's direction and the performances of Khan and Sharma, but criticised the predictable plot. The movie earned ₹2,350,000,000 (US$28 million) worldwide and emerged as one of the year's top-earning films.[7] It became the 3rd highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas at that time after 3 Idiots (2009) and My Name Is Khan (2010).[8]

At the 58th Filmfare Awards, the film received 7 nominations, including Best Actor (Khan), and won 4 awards, including Best Supporting Actress (Sharma) and Best Lyricist (Gulzar for "Challa").[9]

  1. ^ a b "JAB TAK HAI JAAN (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. ^ Singh, Prashant; Bansal, Robin; Saini, Minakshi (1 November 2012). "Ajay Devgn sends legal notice to YRF". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Jab Tak Hai Jaan box office collections cross Rs 200cr". Business Today. New Delhi. 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Jab Tak Hai Jaan Box Office". Bollywood Hungama.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Grosstwo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "'King of Romance' Yash Chopra dies at 80". Hindustan Times. 21 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Unfair to ask anyone to reschedule release dates for JTHJ: SRK". Business Standard. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  8. ^ "'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' vs 'Son of Sardaar': Diwali doesn't ensure success". CNN-IBN. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  9. ^ "My Name Is Khan (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.