LOC: Kargil

LOC: Kargil

2003 · 255 min · ★ 5.6 · Action, War, History

This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 men crossed the "Line of Control" that separates the two locations. Taliban and Pakistani soldiers took over the area, blocking the main road that linked the regions. Standing their ground, Indian soldier drove them away, but not without losing more than 400 of their own men first.

Directed by J. P. Dutta · Written by J. P. Dutta

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Sanjay Dutt Lt. Col. Yogesh Kumar Joshi
Ajay Devgn Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey
Saif Ali Khan Captain Anuj Nayyar
Suniel Shetty Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
Sanjay Kapoor Major Deepak Rampal
Abhishek Bachchan Captain Vikram Batra
Akshaye Khanna Lt. Balwan Singh Panghal
Nagarjuna Akkineni Major Padmapani Acharya
Ashutosh Rana Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
Rani Mukerji Hema
Karan Nath Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari
Manoj Bajpayee Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav

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