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Soldier (1998)

Soldier poster
Original title
फोजी
Directed by
Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla, Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla
Genre
action thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 36m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man takes on a corrupt system after his family is wronged. He fights to protect his loved ones and bring justice.

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What happens

Soldier is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan, written by Sachin Bhowmick and Shyam Goel and produced by Tips Industries. The film stars Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta, alongside Rakhee Gulzar, Farida Jalal, Suresh Oberoi, Dalip Tahil, Sharat Saxena, Salim Ghouse and Ashish Vidyarthi in supporting roles. Soldier was released on 20 November 1998 and was a blockbuster. It became the second highest-grossing film of the year of Bollywood of India after Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. At the 44th Filmfare Awards, Soldier received 5 nominations, including Best Director (Abbas–Mustan) and Best Supporting Actress (Raakhee), and won 2 awards, including Best Female Debut (Zinta, also for Dil Se..). The film was remade in Dhallywood as Jamin Nai in 2000 and Tamil as Villu in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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