Kshatriya (film)

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Kshatriya

Directed by	J.P. Dutta
Produced by	J.P. Dutta
Written by	J.P. Dutta
Starring	Sunil Dutt, Raakhee Gulzar, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Seshadri Sunny Deol Sanjay Dutt,
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Release date(s)	1993
Running time	180 mins
Language	Hindi
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For the Indian Caste system see Kshatriya

Kshatriya (aka Warriors) is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film features an ensemble star cast including Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, their real-life sons respectively Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, Raveena Tandon and Divya Bharti.

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The film is about two warring royal families in Rajasthan, India called the Mirtagarh and the Surjangarh. The Mirtagarh family's Maharaja Bhavani Singh (Sunil Dutt) is killed by the Surjangarh family's Maharaja Prithvi Singh (Dharmendra) which causes a bloody feud between the two families spreading over two generations. Each member of the two families dual against each other in a sword battle. Raja Jaswant Singh (Vinod Khanna) returns from England shocked at the extent the war has gone on between the two families. He is too however fated to continue this bloody family tradition by fighting Maharaja Prithvi Singh. Years later the sons of Maharaja Bhavani and Maharaja Prithvi respectively Vikram (Sanjay Dutt) and Vinay (Sunny Deol) are the best of friends living in England. Vinay even wants to marry Neelima (Raveena Tandon), the sister of Vikram which could finally signal the end of the Mirtagarh and Surjangarh feud. Will they succeed in finally ending this feud between their respective families or will they too be fated to continue this bloody tradition by being forced to fight each other where only one will be left standing.