Soldier (1998/II)

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:

4 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:

Soldier, Soldier

Good

Abbas-Mustan after making hit thrillers like KHILADI(92), BAAZIGAR(1993) and then making flops like DARAAR(1997) came with SOLDIER which did well at the Box Office

The plot?

Well reminds us of BAAZIGAR wherein they are wrongs being done on Bobby's father.etc

The main plot is that Bobby is an assassin who is paid to kill people but actually he plans to seek revenge from the main traitors of our society and kills them slowly

The film has a done to death yet quite good plot for 1990's but sadly it lacks the edge of seat thriller impact There is too much focus on comedy(Johny Lever and that long haired goon, Sharat Saxena.etc and also romance between Preity and Bobby) it takes almost half the film on that and then the film shifts to an action genre with thrills in between like the death scenes

There are also scenes lifted from Hollywood like Bobby entering the building of Sharat Saxena and many more The film does keep you involved in parts but the climax is too filmy and too overdone

Direction by Abbas-Mustan though not as good as BAAZIGAR yet a good film Music is good

Bobby Deol changed his image with this film and it suited him sadly he was made to do hammy comic and romance acts in this film too yet he stands out in serious scenes though he looks dull in some emotive scenes Yet a good job, After a dismissal act in GUPT Preity was annoying for her debut and her voice was dubbed by someone else Amongst rest Suresh Oberoi is good, Ashish Vidhyarthi is okay Johny annoys, Sharat Saxena and his son(the usual nonsense actor from AM films) ham it up, Dalip Tahil is adequate Farida and Rakhee are typecast