Soldier (1998 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Soldier


imdb_id = 0211634
writer = Shyam Geol,
Sachin Bhowmick
starring = Raakhee,
Bobby Deol,
Preity Zinta
director = Abbas Burmawalla,
Mustan Burmawalla
producer = Kumar S Taurani,
Ramesh S Taurani
distributor = Tips Music Films
released = November 20, 1998
runtime =
language = Hindi
music = Anu Malik
awards =
budget =

"Soldier" is a 1998 Bollywood film starring Raakhee, Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta. The film was released in 1998 and went on to do well at the box office. [http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1998.htm] . This movie was technically Preity Zinta's debut. Mani Ratnam however cast her in his movie "Dil Se" which was released before "Soldier" and ended up being her debut.

Synopsis

Captain Vijay Malhotra, attempts to defend himself when three army officials intercept a truck-load of arms and ammunition. They are about to sell illicit ammunation to gangsters. He stops the trio of smugglers, then gets shot to death by a mysterious man by the name of DK.

A subsequent inquiry into this incident revealed that Vijay was guilty of this offence. His dead body was stripped of all medals, and commendations, and left for cremation by his wife, Geeta, and a young son, Raju. The local villagers refused to permit Geeta from even cremating the body of a traitor, and left his body to rot in the hot desert climate. Geeta lives in the desert in depression.

Years later, Vijay's friend (Ashish Vidyarthi) hires Vicky to seek revenge for the people that were involved with the murder of Vijay Malhotra. However nobody understands the reason of the murders. Vicky learns the true history of what happened through his adoptive mother Shanti.

Cast

* Raakhee ... Geeta Malhotra
* Bobby Deol ... Vicky/Raju Malhotra
* Preity Zinta ... Preeti Singh
* Farida Jalal ... Shanti Sinha
* Johnny Lever ... Mohan/Sohan
* Suresh Oberoi ... Pratap Singh
* Dalip Tahil ... Virender Sinha
* Sharat Saxena ... Baldev Sinha

Awards

* Filmfare Best Female Debut Award - Preity Zinta
* Filmfare Best Action Award - Tinnu Verma and Akbar Bakshi

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