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Refugee is a indian film of genre Drama directed by J.P. Dutta with Abhishek Bachchan
Refugee (2000)
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Add to a movie listRefugee is a 2000 Indian film written and directed by J. P. Dutta. The film marked the debuts of Abhishek Bachchan, son of popular actor Amitabh Bachchan, and Kareena Kapoor, the younger sister of actress Karisma Kapoor. The film also starred Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty and Anupam Kher. The film performed moderately well at the box office and was the fifth highest grossing film of that year.
The films tells the story of an unnamed Indian Muslim, who helps illegal refugees from both India and Pakistan to cross the border through the Great Rann of Kutch. The film is attributed to have been inspired by the short story "Love Across the Salt Desert" by Keki N. Daruwalla.
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Bihar-based Manzur Ahmad and his family was migrated to East Pakistan after the partitioning of India in 1947. However, after the formation of the state of Bangladesh in 1971, he and several other people were forced to re-locate to the western part of Pakistan. To do this by land, they will have to cross India. The route from Dhaka leads to Guwahati in India then to Delhi then to Ajmer then to Bhuj, and then on to Haji Peer in Pakistan.Actors
Abhishek Bachchan
(Refugee)
Kareena Kapoor
(Nazneen Ahmed)
Puneet Issar
(Sikh Priest)
Suniel Shetty
(Ranger Mohammad Ashraf)
Jackie Shroff
(BSF Officer Raghuvir Singh)
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