19 Years of Refugee (30/06/2000)
2 min readJun 30, 2019
19 Years of Refugee (30/06/2000)
Refugee is written and directed by J. P. Dutta. It marked the debuts of Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor.
The film also starred Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, and Anupam Kher. Songs by Anu Malik and Javed Akhtar. Refugee performed moderately well at the box office and was the fifth highest-grossing film of that year.
It is the story of an unnamed Indian Muslim, who helps illegal refugees from India and Pakistan cross the border through the Great Rann of Kutch. The film is attributed to have been inspired by the short story “Love Across the Salt Desert” by Keki N. Daruwalla.
