danger of the anti-tank mines. Arming himself with an Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher and a bagful of grenades, Kuldip gathers his remaining depleted men as they make for a suicide counter-attack. Kuldip and his men manage to take down several tanks, killing Dastagir and many of his men in the process. Dawn has broken as Bajwa, and his squadron takes off on their planes to aid Kuldip and his men, destroying more Pakistani tanks in the process. The remaining Pakistani forces are forced to flee away back through the border to their country, thus leaving the Indian military as victors of the battle. Despite the battle being won while more Indian tanks and artillery arrive to fight back against Pakistani reinforcement, Kuldip and his remaining men are distraught over the many deaths of both their comrades and the Pakistani soldiers. The film ends with Kuldip inspecting the aftermath of the battle and the Indian military launching their counter-offensive on the Pakistani military while the news of the deceased soldiers reaches their homes, much to their families' sorrow. Cast Sunny Deol as Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, MVC Jackie Shroff as Wing Commander Andy Bajwa Suniel Shetty as Assistant Commandant Captain Bhairon Singh, BSF Akshaye Khanna as 2nd Lieutenant Dharamvir Singh Bhan Rakhee Gulzar as Sujatha Devi, Dharamvir's mother Pooja Bhatt as Kamla Sodhi, Dharamvir's fiancée Tabu as Yamora Kaur Chandpuri, Kuldeep's wife Puneet Issar as Subedar Ratan Singh Sudesh Berry as Naib Subedar Mathura Das Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Cook Havildar Bhagiram Sharbani Mukherjee as Phool Kanwar, Bhairon's wife Amrit Pal as Kamalnath Sodhi Hemant Choudhary as P.D. Somesh Uttam Sanjeev Dabholkar as a Pakistani soldier Sapna Bedi as Roopali Production Sanjay Dutt, who was signed for the film, was later replaced by Jackie Shroff, due to the former's jail sentence. Juhi Chawla was offered Tabu's role, but declined it as she did not want to play a minor insignificant role. Manisha Koirala was signed for the film, but later opted out for the same reason. Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan were all approached for Akshaye Khanna's role, but Salman Khan said he was not ready for the film; Aamir Khan, that he was busy with Ishq, Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar declined for the unknown reasons, while Devgan declined as he does not feature in a multi-starrer. Sunil Shetty declined the first