This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 men crossed the "Line of Control" that separates the two locations. Taliban and Pakistani soldiers took over the area, blocking the main road that linked the regions. Standing their ground, Indian soldier drove them away, but not without losing more than 400 of their own men first.
Acting
Ajay Devgn's manic energy as Captain Pandey steals everything.
Practical Effects
Real military locations, real exhaustion, real scale.
Writing
Dutta's dialogue hits like a grenade — unsubtle but effective.
Director
J. P. Dutta
Sanjay Dutt
Lt. Col. Yogesh Kumar Joshi
Ajay Devgn
Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey
Saif Ali Khan
Captain Anuj Nayyar
Suniel Shetty
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
Sanjay Kapoor
Major Deepak Rampal
Abhishek Bachchan
Captain Vikram Batra
Akshaye Khanna
Lt. Balwan Singh Panghal
Nagarjuna Akkineni
Major Padmapani Acharya
Ashutosh Rana
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
Rani Mukerji
Hema
Manoj Bajpayee
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Simran
Raveena Tandon
Deepak Rampal's Wife
Mahima Chaudhry
Reena Yadav
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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