Amidst the 1971 Indo-Pak war, a company of 120 Indian soldiers stationed at the border region of Longewala in Rajasthan must defend their post through the night against two thousand Pakistani troops armed with tanks. Based on the true events of the Battle of Longewala.
Acting
Sunny Deol's scream that launched a thousand memes
Direction
J.P. Dutta's obsessive authenticity with actual veterans consulted
Score
Anu Malik's 'Sandese Aate Hai' — guaranteed throat lump
Director
J. P. Dutta
Sunny Deol
Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri
Jackie Shroff
Wing Commander Anand "Andy" Bajwa
Suniel Shetty
Captain Bhairon Singh, B.S.F.
Akshaye Khanna
2nd Lt. Dharamvir Singh Bhakhri
Puneet Issar
Subedar Ratan Singh
Sudesh Berry
Subedar Mathura Das
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Havildar Bhagiram
Rakhee Gulzar
Sujatha Devi
Pooja Bhatt
Kamla Sodhi
Tabu
Surinder "Preeti" Kaur Chandpuri
Sharbani Mukherji
Phool Kanwar Rathore
Swapna Bedi
Roopali
Amrit Pal
Kamalnath Sodhi
Hemant Choudhary
Squadron Leader P. D. Somesh Uttam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film basically invented the modern Bollywood war genre template — slow-motion martyrdom, haunting soldier-singer ballads, and borderline-propaganda patriotism that still dominates Independence Day programming.
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