In the arid region of Rajasthan, India; there are two royal families, Mirtagarth and Surjangarh who believes in a religious ritual which states that a warrior from each of these two families will come together annually to have a fierce battle with the winner having to sacrifice a baby buffalo and it will rain in that person's territory. This tradition must be fated to carry on by the future generation as it is a rule of nature set down by their kin.
Acting
Dharmendra and Sunil Dutt bring actual gravitas to buffalo sacrifice politics.
Production
Rajasthan landscapes so golden you'll forget the plot makes no sense.
Director
J. P. Dutta
Sunny Deol
Vinay Pratap Singh (Surjangarh)
Sanjay Dutt
Vikram Singh (Mirtagarh)
Dharmendra
Maharaja Pritvi Singh (Surjangarh)
Sunil Dutt
Maharaja Bhawani Singh (Mirtagarh)
Vinod Khanna
Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Madhu (Jaswant's love interest)
Raveena Tandon
Neelima (Raja Jaswant's daughter) (Mirtagarh)
Divya Bharti
Tanvi Singh (Ganga Singh's daughter)
Rakhee Gulzar
Maheshwari Devi (Maharaja Bhawani's wife)
Sumalatha
Suman, Maharaja Pritvi Singh's wife (Surjangarh)
Kabir Bedi
Thakur Ganga Singh
Prem Chopra
Ajay Singh (Maharaja Bhawani Singh's minister)
Puneet Issar
Shakti Singh (Ajay Singh's son)
Nafisa Ali
Raja Jaswant's wife (Mirtagarh)
Vijayendra Ghatge
Surjangarh's diwan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the only film featuring both Sunil Dutt and his real-life son Sanjay Dutt together. Awkward dinner table energy: immortalized on screen.
The film mashes up Rajasthani warrior folklore with 90s nationalist cinema, creating a bizarre hybrid where colonial-era royal nostalgia meets 'we must preserve our violent traditions' messaging.
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