Refugee is a Bollywood film directed by J. P. Dutta, released on 30 June 2000. The film marked the debut of Abhishek Bachchan, son of legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor, the sister of actress Karisma Kapoor and part of the famous Kapoor family. Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty and Anupam Kher also star. The film performed moderately well at the box office and was the fifth highest grossing film of that year.^[1]

[edit] Synopsis

As featured in the film: Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor (l-r) in the film

The film follows the actions of a man who has no name or identity but it simply known as Refugee (Abhishek Bachchan). He helps muslim refugees cross the border illegally but this is soon put under watch by the authorities who find out that illegal activity takes place in the area. He comes across a family that are trying to cross the border. He falls in love with the daughter, Naaz (Kareena Kapoor), she also falls in love with him. The Pakistani Border Officer Mohammad Ashraf (Sunil Shetty) also loves her. The fact that Naaz loves an Indian refugee heightens the conflict between the refugee and the authorities.

[edit] Cast

• Abhishek Bachchan ... Refugee
• Kareena Kapoor ... Nazneen "Naaz" M. Ahmed
• Sunil Shetty ... Mohammad Ashraf
• Jackie Shroff ... Raghuvir Singh
• Shadaab Khan ... Shadab J. Mohammad
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Manzur Ahmed
• Anupam Kher ... Jaan Mohammad
• Reena Roy ... Amina J. Mohammad
• Mukesh Tiwari ... Tausif
• Ashish Vidyarthi ... Makkad
• Sudesh Berry ... Gul Hamid
• Avtar Gill ... Atta Mohammad
• Vrajesh Hirjee ... BSF Officer
• Puneet Issar ... Sikh Priest
• Geetawali Rajkumari ... Salma-Naaz's little sister

[edit] Crew

• Producer: J. P. Dutta
• Director: J. P. Dutta
• Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
• Music Director: Anu Malik
• Background Music: Aadesh Shrivastav
• Cinematography: Basheer Ali
• Choreography: Ganesh Acharya, Saroj Khan & Habiba Rehman
• Editor: Deepak Wirkud
• Sound: Hitendra Ghosh
• Dialogue: J. P. Dutta
• Costume: Bindiya Goswami & Anna Singh
• Publicity Designs: HR Enterprises
• Story / Writer: J. P. Dutta

[edit] Music

The music was very well received by everyone and received two National Film Awards; one for Best Music Direction and the other for Best Lyrics (Panchi Nadiya).

[edit] Awards

As featured in the film: Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan (l-r) in the film

[edit] National Film Awards

• Best Music Direction - Anu Malik
• Best Lyrics - Javed Akhtar for Panchhi Nadiya
• Best Lyrics - Amit Gupta for Panchhi Nadiya

[edit] Filmfare Awards

The awards it won are highlighted in bold.

• Best Supporting Actor - Sunil Shetty
• Best Male Debut - Abhishek Bachchan
• Best Female Debut - Kareena Kapoor
• Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar for Panchhi Nadiya
• Best Male Playback - Sonu Nigam for Panchhi Nadiya
• Best Female Playback - Alka Yagnik for Panchhi Nadiya
• Best Dialogue - O.P. Dutta
• Best Cinematography - Bashir Ali

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Refugee at the Internet Movie Database