hideaway and try to kill him, only to find him waiting to light a bomb, killing both himself and the men. Rajeshwari, who was out at that time, realises what has happened and runs away. She is taken into refuge by Shubhankar (Jackie Shroff), a compatriot of Raghuveer who has learned of his death. Under Shubhankar's tutelage, Rajeshwari follows her father's revolutionary path. Meanwhile, Narendra get furious at his father for using him in killing Raghuveer and driving Rajeshwari away. Promising to make up to Rajeshwari and help her cause, Narendra pledges to become a revolutionary by severing all ties with his father; even Bisht's daughter Chanda (Chandni) does the same after witnessing Bisht murdering her teacher Abid Ali Baig (Pran), who is a revolutionary allied with Shubhankar, much to Bisht's remorse. To prove more his point, Narendra attempts to murder Douglas in front of the city, but is caught in the act after shooting down a few soldiers. Narendra is then convicted and sentenced to hang for attempted murder. Douglas then orders his troops to fire at the town square, resulting several deaths of citizens, including Chanda. However, Shubhankar saves Narendra from being hanged and Bisht develops a change of heart after witnessing Chanda's death, helping Shubhankar and Narendra in finishing off Hari and the remaining loyalists and stabbing Douglas with a flagpole. With the loyalists dead, Narendra reconciles with Rajeshwari while Shubhankar hangs Douglas to death, avenging all those who perished under Douglas' wrath. The film ends with Narendra, Rajeshwari, Shubhankar, Bisht and the surviving citizens hoisting and saluting the Indian flag. Cast Anil Kapoor as Narendra Singh "Naren" Jackie Shroff as Shubhankar Manisha Koirala as Rajeshwari Pathak "Rajjo" Chandni as Chanda Bisht Anupam Kher as Raghuveer Pathak Danny Denzongpa as Major Bisht Pran as Abid Ali Baig Ashish Vidyarthi as Ashutosh Raghuveer Yadav as Munna Sushma Seth as Gayatri Singh Manohar Singh as Diwan Hari Pratap Singh Brian Glover as General Douglas Production Development Kamna Chandra, one of the script writers of the film, had gone to America to meet her daughters Tanuja and Anupama (whom Vidhu Vinod Chopra would later marry) as they were studying there. Having watched Chopra's film Parinda on video and being impressed with it, both of them asked their mother to write a story and approach him to direct it. Chandra had previously written Prem Rog and Chandni; both were love stories.