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When I watched Jab Tak Hain Jaan, I was in a trance. We had all heard about this movie for so long, that it was almost of case of publicity being pushed down your throat! And if I  as a Shah Rukh Khan fan was saying this, imagine what the others might be feeling. I still remember, Shah was supposed to be hosting this interview with Yash Chopra and it was on to be aired live on YouTube and I was thrilled. This friend of mine and I sat on a Friday night after everyone had left and projected this interview in one of our conference rooms and sat and watched Yash Chopra narrate incidents and stories from his life and career. And when he announced that jab Tak Hain Jaan was to be his last movie, we were both shocked! Only God knew, what we were watching was also to be his last interview. He passed away soon after and India grieved. If you are a Bollywood fan and aren't a Yash Chopra fan, there is something wrong with you. Jab Tak Hain Jaan took on new meaning, for me. And many of...

हीर हीर ना आँखा उडियो मैं ते साहिबा होई घोड़ी लेके आवे ले जाए घोड़ी लेके आवे ले जाए ओ मेनू , ले जाए मिर्ज़ा कोई ले जाए मिर्ज़ा कोई ले जाए मिर्ज़ा कोई -Gulzar -- Jab Tak Hain Jaan I love this song from Jab Tak Hain Jaan. While its difficult to capture the essence of the song in words, I'll try to. In Indian/Punjabi folklore, there are two very famous love stories : Sahiba - Mirza and Heer - Ranjha. In both tales, the lovers dont live happily ever after. In the second story, heer and ranjha never get together,  heer's brothers taking the couple's  love as an insult to the family's reputation kill him. In the first tale of Sahiba and Mirza, Mirza comes on a horse and takes Sahiba away, for a life together. But their journey is interrupted by Sahiba's brothers, who kill Mirza, thus ending the love story. In the song, a lady sings and says - don't call me Heer, I'm wish my destiny is like that of Sahiba's, i aeait a Mirza, who'l...