Sarfarosh

Sarfarosh (Hindi: सरफ़रोश, Urdu: سرفروش, translation: "Martyr") was a critically and commercially successful action film, released in 1999. It was directed by John Matthew Matthan and starred Aamir Khan, Sonali Bendre and Naseeruddin Shah. John started working on Sarfarosh in 1992. Seven years were spent on the research, pre-production and production till it finally released in 1999. The film dealt with an Indian police officer's fight to stop cross-border terrorism. The film was released at the time of the Kargil conflict when tensions between India and Pakistan were high. It did moderately well in the box office and was declared as an above average grosser.

Plot

The film opens with a view of the vast expanse of the Thar desert in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The credit sequence outlines the infiltration of arms and ammunition from Pakistan across the international border into Rajasthan, India. The arsenal makes its way through numerous couriers and gun runners before a part of the consignment ends up in a tribal hamlet in a forest in peninsular India near the town of Chandrapur. A local criminal and gun runner, Bala Thakur, delivers the weapons to a renegade forest-dwelling tribal leader, Veeran (Govind Namdeo), who intends to unleash terror and establish his hegemony in the region. Soon after a bus carrying a wedding party is intercepted...
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