 Deol plays the character of Badal, a boy who witnesses the massacre of his family and villagers by the corrupt Police Inspector Jai Singh Rana (Ashutosh Rana) and grows up to be a dreaded terrorist, fuelled by the anger and hatred of the authorities who wrongly deprived him of his family and friends.The film is inspired by "The Devil's Own" (1997), starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford.Following this he starred alongside Karisma Kapoor in "Hum To Mohabbat Karega" (2000), and reunited with Rani Mukerji to star in "Bichhoo" (2000), a blatant remake of Luc Besson's 1994 film "Leon", starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman.