Mission Kashmir

Mission Kashmir

Mission Kashmir is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Starring an ensemble cast of Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni and Jackie Shroff, its screenplay was written by Suketu Mehta. The film follows the life and tragedy of a young boy named Altaaf Khan (Roshan) after his entire family is accidentally killed by police officers. He is adopted by the police chief (Dutt) who is responsible for this, and when Altaaf finds out, he seeks revenge and becomes a terrorist. The film deals with terrorism and the tragedy of children suffering from war. It was rated R in the United States due to violence. The film was screened at the Stockholm International Film Festival. Upon release, the film, despite clashing with Aditya Chopra's musical romantic drama Mohabbatein, the film became a critical and moderate commercial success and emerged as the 3rd highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2000, earning ₹433 million (US$9.64 million).Mission Kashmir received 6 nominations at the 46th Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Chopra), Best Actor (Dutt), Best Supporting Actress (Kulkarni), and Best Villain (Shroff), and won Best Action.

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