I firmly believe a Jatin Lalit, Pritam, Rajesh Roshan or even Shiv Hari would have been terribly mis-placed had they been contracted. I cannot comprehend anyone else except Rahman scoring the music here. I can however tell you that after watching Jab Tak Hai Jaan Yash Chopra knew exactly what he was doing. Both Yash Raj Films and Rahman came in for some scathing criticism when the film’s music released. Not many people understand Rahman’s music fully: his is a rare form of music-making that is only appreciated with time situated within the appropriate setting. One integral example of this is his choice of AR Rahman to do the music. Instead, he sticks to this old and trusted troubled love story theme but within a modern context. He could have easily placed this searing love story in an altogether anachronistic frame which could have hurt the film’s overall currency.
What is also evident is that Yash Chopra-with his last film-has not committed that dastardly of all movie sins by refusing to keep in-step with the changed and changing world around him. The film is a mature love story relayed beautifully by his lead cast the striking landscapes its pulsating music and of course a well-thought out script. While Jab Tak Hai Jaan will probably be remembered more now for being Chopra’s last film, it is a movie that has plenty of other qualities to make it one of his best in a very decorated career. And Jab Tak Hai Jaan is the perfect conduit for the late Yash Chopra to say his final goodbyes to the movie world…for the final time. As much as we would like to mourn Chopra’s passing, we need to celebrate what this great man of Indian cinema has gifted the world. The strangest thing is that Chopra announced his retirement and said he would choose a quiet life once Jab Tak Hain Jaan wrapped up. Some would say how befitting for a man who gave his life to making millions of people around the world happy over a career spanning decades he was meant to pass on with his proverbial boots on as it were.
He died before completing his last film Jab Tak Hai Jaan (until I have life in me/ until my last breath). Chopra died in a Mumbai hospital from complications relating to dengue fever.
The legendary director turned 80 only a few days before. A few weeks back the film fraternity suffered one of its greatest losses-the untimely demise of one of its most revered sons, Yash Chopra.
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