Soldier (1998 Indian film)

Soldier is a 1998 Bollywood action thriller film directed by AbbasMustan starring Raakhee, Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta. The film was released in 1998 and was declared as a Super Hit by Box Office India, becoming the 4th highest grossing film of the year. Although Soldier was Preity Zintas first film, Mani Ratnams Dil Se.. ended up being released before Soldier and was thus Zintas film debut. It was remade in Tamil as Villu by Prabhu Deva starring Vijay and Nayantara in lead roles in 2009.

The movie shifts toyears later where the Mumbai Police gets a fax from the Australian Interpol branch of one Jaswant Dalal, a wanted smuggler entering India. An operation to nab him alive is handed over to ACP Dinesh Kapoor Ashish Vidyarthi, an old friend of the slain Vijay Malhotra. Dinesh Kapoor sends a copy of the fax to a mysterious man named Vicky Bobby Deol and tells him to prevent Jaswant from being nabbed by the police. Vicky helps Jaswant escape from the police at the docks, but when Jaswant tries to kill him to erase any witnesses, Vicky shoots him instead. Vicky then escapes to Australia despite the police preventing it.In Sydney, Australia, Vicky meets Preeti Preity Zinta, Pratap Singhs daughter, and woos her while getting into trouble with Jojo, Baldev Sinhas son and beats him up. Vicky and Preeti both fall in love. Pratap Singh and Virender Sinha and his brother are highprofile criminals in Australia. Once friends and partners in crime, they share a shaky relationship with one another. Vicky meets up with Pratap, who identifies him as Jaswants killer. Vicky promises Pratap Singh that he would make him more powerful than he would ever imagine. ........

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