A young man who smuggles illegal weapons and people back and forth over the borders between India and Pakistan falls in love with a young woman whose family he helped.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Jackie Shroff | ... | BSF Officer Raghuvir Singh | |
| Sunil Shetty | ... | Ranger Mohammad Ashraf | |
| Abhishek Bachchan | ... | Refugee | |
| Kareena Kapoor | ... | Nazneen Ahmed | |
| Reena Roy | ... | Amina Mohammad | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sudesh Berry | ... | Gul Hamid | |
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Hemant Chaudhary | ||
| Avtar Gill | ... | Atta Mohammad | |
| Vrajesh Hirjee | ... | BSF Officer | |
| Puneet Issar | ... | Sikh Priest | |
| Shadaab Khan | ... | Shadab Mohammad | |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... | Manzur Ahmed | |
| Anupam Kher | ... | Jaan Mohammad | |
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Geetawali Rajkumari | ... | Salma-Naaz's little sister |
| Mukesh Tiwari | ... | Tausif | |
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Bihar-based Manzur Ahmed, his wife, his mother, and his daughter, decide to re-locate to East Pakistan after the partitioning of Hindustan during 1948, following the tussle between Sheikh Mujib Rehman and Pakistan's General Bhutto, which led to the formation of Bangladesh, where Manzur and several other Muslims were forced to re-locate to Pakistan. In order to do this, they cross two borders, one with India and Bangladesh, and the second with India and Pakistan. The route from Bangladesh leads from Dhaka then to Guwahati then to Delhi then to Ajmer then to Bhuj, and then on to Pakistan's Haji Peer. They get as far as Bhuj, but afterward they are assisted by Jaan Mohammad's son, known only as Refugee, who helps them trek their way across the Rann desert to Atta Mohammad's house in Pakistan. Refugee considers his clients as mere items of luggage and refuses to be emotionally involved with them. Then he meets Nazneen and he forgets this rule, and they soon both fall in love with each ... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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Country:
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HindiRelease Date:
30 June 2000 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, IndiaEdit
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Gross USA:
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Written by Javed Akhtar
Composed by Anu Malik
Performed by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik
Courtesy of Saregama HMV
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Taal Pe JabWritten by Javed Akhtar
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With big film like Anil Sharma's Gadar J.P dutta's LOC and Border other film like Qayamat Zameen Hero BBV and many more all was agaisnt PAkistan and had them as enemies.
out of all Refugee was the only film to bring together India and PAkistan Both shake hands together. and Refugee have it.
The performance by every one was great from Jackie to suniel and from Abhiehsk to Kareena. all did a great job