 Deol played the character of Birju, an irresponsible young man from an upper-middle-class family in Himachal Pradesh with a love of petty thievery and deceit.Later in 1998, he appeared in Abbas Mustan's military thriller "Soldier", alongside Raakhee and Preity Zinta.Deol played the mysterious character of Vicky, later revealed as Raju, son of Vijay Malhotra who was convicted of arms smuggling.