The film is set in mid-to-late 1980s in the Indian state of Punjab, Following the assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, at the hands of her Sikh bodyguards, a wave of violence broke out against innocent Sikhs and their families. Pressure was also brought on the police to bring the assassins and their allies to justice. The police, with their limited resources, and the lack of any witnesses, brutally brought in innocent Sikh men and women, and aggressively interrogated them with third degree methods. This created a wave of sympathy for the extremists, and more people started joining them to revolt against an oppressive regime. This story is of one such family, consisting of Veerandra (Tabu), her brother Jaswant Singh or Jassi (Raj Zutshi), and her mom. One day Inspector Vohra (Kanwaljeet) comes to their house with a police escort to find out the whereabouts of Jimmy or Jaimal (Jasjit Shergill). Jassi playfully introduces the police party to his pet dog Jimmy...

Starring

Chandrachur Singh, Tabu, Raj Zutshi, more..

Director

Gulzar

Language

Hindi

Genre

Release Date

Fri Oct, 25 1996

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Chandrachur Singh

... Kripal Singh (Pali)

Tabu

... Veerandra (Veeran)

Raj Zutshi

... Jaswant Singh (Jassi)

Kanwaljeet Singh

... Inspector Vohra

Om Puri

... Sanaatan

R V Pandit

... Producer

Gulzar

... Story / Writers

Vishal Bhardwaj

... Music Director

Lata Mangeshkar

... Singers

Hariharan

... Singers