The films tells the story of an un-named Indian Muslim, who helps illegal refugees from both India and Pakistan to cross the border through the Great Rann of Kutch. The film is attributed to have been inspired by the short story "Love Across the Salt Desert" by Keki N. Daruwalla.
Cinematography
Rann of Kutch looks like another planet.
Acting
Debut Kareena outshines everyone, obviously.
Score
Anu Malik at his most shamelessly operatic.
Director
J. P. Dutta
Abhishek Bachchan
Refugee
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Nazneen Ahmed
Jackie Shroff
BSF Officer Raghuvir Singh
Suniel Shetty
Ranger Mohammad Ashraf
Anupam Kher
Jan Mohammad
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Manzur Ahmad
Reena Roy
Amina Mohammad
Puneet Issar
Sikh Priest
Mukesh Tiwari
Ranger Tausif
Ashish Vidhyarthi
Makkad
Arif Zakaria
Shadaab Khan
Shadab J. Mohammad
Avtar Gill
Atta Mohammad
Vishwajeet Pradhan
BSF Officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after Kargil War, this was J.P. Dutta's peace offering—controversially humanizing Pakistani characters when patriotism was peak.
Kareena's debut performance was so commanding that Filmfare created a Best Female Debut category just to award her—she won over Rinke Khanna and Shamita Shetty.
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