Soldier(Movie, 1998)

Soldier is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan starring Raakhee, Bobby Deol, Preity Zinta in lead roles. This was the first of several collaborations between Abbas–Mustan and Deol. Although Soldier was Zinta's first film, Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.. ended up being released before Soldier and was thus Zinta's Hindi film debut. Soldier was the first film in Abbas–Mustan's career which was not a Hollywood remake or adaptation. According to film writer Shyam Goel, it was inspired by a real incident that happened in Punjab where a woman's forehead was branded with the message that her husband was a traitor. Her husband, a soldier, was accused of treason, and she was thrown out of her village. The story was already made as a film in Tamil in 1989 titled Thaai Naadu, starring Sathyaraj in dual roles. Soldier released on 20 November 1998 and was declared as a superhit by Box Office India, becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year in India after Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. At the 44th Filmfare Awards, Soldier received 5 nominations, including Best Director (Abbas–Mus... ()