Soldier (1998/II)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Directors:

Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla
Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla

Writers:

Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay)
Shyam Goel (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 October 1998 (India)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

He who kills for his country is called...Soldier

Plot:

The story follows a young man (Bobby Deol) who flees India and arrives in Australia seeking vengence for something that started in India. In Australia he meets and falls in love with the daughter of a rich and powerful man(Suresh Oberoi). The story keeps the covers on Bobby Deols plan until the end when everything is revealed as to why he is a SOLDIER.

Plot Keywords:

Australia | India | Revenge Plot

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Rakhee Gulzar	...	Geeta Malhotra (as Raakhee Gulzar)
Bobby Deol	...	Vicky / Raju Malhotra
Preity Zinta	...	Preeti Singh
Farida Jalal	...	Shanti Sinha
Johnny Lever	...	Mohan / Sohan (as Johny Lever)
Suresh Oberoi	...	Pratap Singh
Dalip Tahil	...	Virender Sinha (as Dilip Tahil)
Sharat Saxena	...	Baldev Sinha
Ashish Vidyarthi	...	Dinesh Kapoor (as Ashish Vidhayarthi)
Salim Ghouse	...	Jaswant Dalal
Sheetal Suvarna		(as Sheetal Suvarnaa)
Jeetu Verma
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Pankaj Dheer	...	Vijay Malhotra
Priyanka

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Trivia:

The secret passage that Dilip Tahil takes Bobby Deol through is the famous Sydney underwater aquarium.

Soundtrack:

Meri Dil Jigar Se Guzri Hai

production of a 'Soldier' Bobby Deol

Abbas-Mustan's first combination with Bobby Deol proved a good result as the movie did quiet well in the box-office in 1998 as a musical thriller. Moreover this was the only movie which competed enough with another romantic blockbuster Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (released one month earlier to Soldier) both in box-office and in musical score. This technically advanced movie changed the views and appetite of watching action movies in the Bollywood industry in many ways. The director duo know very well to use the hidden talent of Bobby Deol for action movies. Before this, his last hit was Gupt-The Hidden Truth that was released almost a year earlier. Soldier is basically a story about a boy taking revenge against the culprits who killed his father when he was small. He prepared himself well and step by step he fulfilled his desire to revenge the murderer of his father. The location and sceneries of Australia and New Zealand in the movie are highly aesthetic and worth watching. Lastly, Soldier showed that India also can produce such highly technically advanced movies with its own systems and processes.