| Refugee | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | J P Dutta |
| Produced by | J. P. Dutta |
| Written by | J. P. Dutta |
| Starring | Abhishek Bachchan Kareena Kapoor |
| Music by | Anu Malik |
| Cinematography | Basheer Ali |
| Editing by | Deepak Wirkud |
| Distributed by | HR Enterprises |
| Release date(s) | 30 June 2000 |
| Running time | 207 mins. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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]
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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.
The film's music received two National Film Awards: one for Best Music Direction and the other for Best Lyrics (for the song "Panchi Nadiya").
| Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Picturised on |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Aisa Lagta Hai" | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik | 7:28 | Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor |
| "Jise Tu Na Mila" | Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan | 10:58 | |
| "Mere Humsafar" | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik | 7:50 | Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor |
| "Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke" | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor | 9:46 | Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor |
| "Raat Ki Hatheli Par" | Udit Narayan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor | 6:58 | Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor |
| "Taal Pe Jab" | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik | 7:13 | Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor |
The awards it won are highlighted in bold.
The Crew having traveled from Mumbai was based at the city of Bhuj and majority of the film shooting took place in various locations around in the Kutch District of the Indian state of Gujarat including the Great Rann of Kutch (also on BSF controlled "snow white" Rann within), Villages and Border Security Force (BSF) Posts in Banni grasslands and the Rann, Tera fort village, Lakhpat fort village, Khera fort village, a village in southern Kutch, some ancient temples of Kutch and with parts and a song filmed on set in Mumbai's Kamalistan Studio.
J. P. Dutta's Bollywood feature film Refugee is attributed to have been inspired by the famous story based around the Great Rann of Kutch by Keki N. Daruwalla titled "LOVE ACROSS THE SALT DESERT"[2] which is also included as one of the short stories in the School Standard XII syllabus English text book of NCERT in India.[3]