Mission Kashmir
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| Directed by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Produced by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Vir Chopra |
| Written by | Vikram Chandra, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi, Suketu Mehta, Atul Tiwari |
| Starring | Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Puru Rajkumar, Jackie Shroff |
| Distributed by | Destination Films; Vinod Chopra Productions |
| Release date(s) | October 27, 2000 |
| Running time | 160 min. |
| Language | Hindi, English |
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Mission Kashmir is a Bollywood movie, released in India on October 27, 2000, directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Jackie Shroff star as the main characters. Mission Kashmir follows the life and tragedy of a young boy named Altaaf after his entire family gets killed by police officers. Ironically he is adopted by the man who killed them. When Altaaf finds out, he seeks revenge.
The movie deals with the India-Pakistan-conflict and especially with the tragedy of children suffering from war.
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[edit] Synopsis
Inayat Khan (Sanjay Dutt) is a police officer, responsible for the security of Kashmir. One day, his son Irfaan (Yogin Soni) suffers an accident and because of a fatwa (edict) of the leader of a terrorist group, no hospital treats the child and he dies. In order to wipe out the group of terrorists, Inayat Khan ends up killing an entire family along with them. Their young son Altaaf (Roshan) is the only one who survives and so, Inayat adopts him. Altaaf only remembers Khan's mask-covered face.
One day, Altaaf finds his step-father's mask and memories return: he realizes that it was his step-father who killed his family. After trying to kill him, Altaaf runs away and is brought up by a terrorist group lead by Hilal Kohistani. Now an adult (Hrithik Roshan), the terrorists want to use Altaaf to kill Muslims and Hindus in the Valley of Kashmir. He visits an old friend from his childhood, Sufiya Parvez (Preity Zinta), and though he falls in love with her, he still uses her to achieve his goal: For Altaaf, it's an opportunity for his revenge. During the finale, Khan manages to make his son realize what he is doing and Altaaf instead kills the leader of the terrorist group.
[edit] Cast
- Sanjay Dutt ... SSP Inayat Khan
- Hrithik Roshan ... Altaaf
- Jackie Shroff ... Hilal Kohistani
- Preity Zinta ... Sufiya Parvez
- Sonali Kulkarni ... Neelima
- Puru Rajkumar ... Malik Ul Khan
- Abhay Chopra ... Avinash Mattoo
- Vineet Sharma ... Gurdeep Singh
- Rajendra Gupta ... Chief Secretary
- Mohsin ... Young Altaaf
- Yogin Soni ... Irfaan
[edit] Trivia
- This movie is rated R in America due to violence.
- Sonali Kulkarni who played Hrithik Roshan's mother was younger than him.
- Opened the same Diwali weekend as Mohabbatein
- Amitabh Bachchan was approached to play Inayat Khan but couldn't commit due to Mohabbatein.
- Despite being a multi-starrer, the film was only moderately successful.
- The movie was banned in Pakistan.
[edit] External links
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | |
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| Films | Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Mission Kashmir | Kareeb | 1942: A Love Story|Parinda | Khamosh | Sazaye Maut | An Encounter with Faces |
| Vinod Chopra Productions | Eklavya: The Royal Guard |Lage Raho Munna Bhai |Parineeta |Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. |Mission Kashmir | Kareeb | 1942: A Love Story|Parinda | Khamosh | Sazaye Maut | An Encounter with Faces |
