National Awards
  • Best Film for providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment

Filmfare Awards
  • Best Film - Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra (Producers)
  • Best Lyrics - Javed Akhtar (Tere Liye...)
  • Best Story - Aditya Chopra
  • Best Dialogue - Aditya Chopra

International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards
  • Best Film - Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra (Producers)
  • Best Director - Yash Chopra
  • Best Actor - Shah Rukh Khan
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Rani Mukerji
  • Best Music - Late Madan Mohan (Music Recreated by: Sanjeev Kohli)
  • Best Story - Aditya Chopra
  • Best Make - Up - Anil V. Pemgirikar

Zee Cine Awards
  • Best Film - Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra (Producers)
  • Best Director - Yash Chopra
  • Best Actor - Shah Rukh Khan
  • Best Actress in Supporting Role - Divya Dutta
  • Zee/Yash Johar Producer Of The Year Award - Yash Chopra - Yash Raj Films (for Veer-Zaara, Dhoom & Hum Tum)

Screen Awards
  • Best Film - Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra (Producers)
  • Best Actor - Shah Rukh Khan
  • Best Story - Aditya Chopra
  • Best Dialogue - Aditya Chopra

Bollywood Movie Awards
  • Best Film - Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra (Producers)
  • Best Director - Yash Chopra
  • Best Actor - Shah Rukh Khan
  • Best Music - Late Madan Mohan (Music Recreated by: Sanjeev Kohli)
  • Best Lyrics - Javed Akhtar  (Tere Liye...)
  • Best Story - Aditya Chopra
  • Best Art Direction - Sharmishta Roy
  • Best Costume Design - Manish Malhotra

Apsara Award
  • Best Dialogue - Aditya Chopra

Global Indian Film Awards
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Divya Dutta
  • Best Story - Aditya Chopra

Sangeet Award
  • Best Song - Tere Liye...

ETC Punjabi Award
  • Best Punjabi Song in a Hindi Film - Lodi

VEER-ZAARA RECOGNITIONS
  • Screened at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, in the “International Forum of New Cinema” section, in February 2005.
  • Screened at the 5th Annual Marrakech Film Festival in November 2005.
  • Screened at the 2nd Dubai International Film Festival in December 2005.
  • Screened at the 8th Annual Hawaii International Film Festival in Hawaii, in April 2005.
  • Was the first Indian film ever to be premiered at The Grand Rex, the biggest cinema in Paris on 26th April 2006.
  • Screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival in Korea, in May 2006.
  • Screened by BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) in July 2006, at its 3 day weekend event to celebrate Indian Cinema.