Virendra is a spoiled young man newly enrolled in the Indian army. Major Jasbir Singh Rana, a tough disciplinarian, is in charge of transforming him into a brave soldier and a noble man.
Acting
Amitabh's baritone dominance vs Ajay's brooding puppy energy.
Score
Anand-Milind bangers that slap harder than the training sequences.
Production
Peak 90s army base aesthetics — saturated, sweaty, gloriously extra.
Director
Tinnu Anand
Amitabh Bachchan
Major Jasbir Singh Rana
Ajay Devgn
Virendra Pratap Singh
Sonali Bendre
Nisha
Nafisa Ali
Dr. Priya J. Rana
Mohan Joshi
Parshuram Bihari
Shahbaz Khan
Vicky P. Bihari
Ashish Vidhyarthi
Shankar
Pradeep Ram Singh Rawat
Subeidar Singh
Avtar Gill
Commissioner of Police
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Raja Thakur
Mushtaq Khan
Hanuman Prasad
Dinesh Hingoo
Advocate Jaisinghani
Vikas Anand
Public Prosecutor
Navin Nischol
Brigadier Satish Khurana
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ajay Devgn was allegedly terrified of Amitabh Bachchan during filming and barely spoke to him offset, which directors reportedly loved for authenticity.
Released during Bollywood's 'patriotic action' boom post-Border, it cemented the 'suffering soldier' template that dominated 90s Hindi cinema.
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