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The Camp[edit]
The story takes place in Pakistan in 1977, six years after the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War. The scene opens to show a POW camp at an undisclosed location in Pakistan. Indian soldiers are holding a morning parade. As the Pakistanis Major Karamat and Colonel Sheriar Khan walk by, the Indians turn their backs on them in a gesture of disrespect. The cause for this disrespect is soon known as we see the Indian Major Suraj Singh (Manoj Bajpayee) being called out of barrack Number 6 for interrogation by the Pakistanis. He is from the 18 Rajputana Rifles and was caught in the Uri sector in December 1971 as he ran out of ammunition. Before being brought to this camp, he was held in Kot Lakhpat, Lahore, where he was punished twice for attempting to escape. Now, he was put in barrack Number 6 as punishment for a third attempt. Colonel Sheriar Khan taunts him as to the condition of his fellow POWs in the barracks and asks him who else aided him in his escape attempt. Major Suraj Singh refuses to reveal his accomplices, and is sent back to barrack Number 6 for a few more days. He has already spent three days there.
We see some of the other POWs; Captain Kabir (Kumud Mishra), Captain Jacob (Ravi Kishan) and Pali discussing the camp in general. They wonder why the Indians, who were so far held in various jails all over Pakistan, have been brought to this camp. They take note of the fact that the camp is well-facilitated and that they are receiving good treatment as POWs. We also see Karamat and Khan discussing the inmates of barrack Number 6. The inmates are Indian POWs from the 1965 and 1971 wars who have lost their sanity. This is Major Suraj Singh's punishment; to be imprisoned in this part of the POW camp. Out of magnanimityColonel Sheriar Khan orders that Suraj be released the next morning.
Arrival Of More POWs[edit]
The next morning, an army truck is driving towards the camp. This truck has a few more Indian POWs. This group includes Flight Lieutenant Ram (Manav Kaul), Flight Lieutenant Gurtu (Deepak Dobriyal) and Colonel Puri. The Flight Lieutenants, being youngsters, are of a bright disposition, and look for something or the other to be cheerful about despite their being captive. When the truck stops at a side road and the POWs are allowed to relieve themselves, Ram and Gurtu contemplate the idea of jumping into the valley and running away. Then, they give up the idea, as they are too weak to do so. For consolation, they steal a guard's wallet and get a Pakistani army ID card.
They reach the camp and are introduced to the other inmates already present. No one has any idea as to the reason they were taken there.
Hope Against Hope[edit]
Major Suraj Singh and his men, especially Captain Kabir, Captain Jacob and Subedar Ahmed, keep their own spirits alive by caring for the broken souls in barrack Number 6, and by remembering their own kin back home. No matter how good the facilities in the camp, they are still prisoners and they hope to return home someday.
By asking the guards a few innocuous questions and putting their answers together, the POWs realize that they are in a place less than 200Â km from the Indo-Pak border. (The place, it is revealed later, is Chaklala.) When Colonel Puri is told of this and the idea of an escape is put forward, he overrules it. His reasons are that perhaps they will finally be repatriated and that a failed attempt could result in all of them being killed.
The Reason[edit]
A jail in Multan, Pakistan, is being examined by a joint delegation of the International Red Cross Society and the Pakistan Human Rights Commission. They are accompanied by some Indian ladies who claim that their kin are held prisoner. Their proof is that letters written by their missing kin bear the addresses of Pakistani jails. The women are being shown around by Colonel Shakoor, and they are distraught to see no trace of their loved ones here. The head of the Human Rights Commission, Sabeena Jahangir, signs a document stating that they are satisfied with the results of the search.
Here we understand the reason why the Indian POWs were brought to Chaklala: The Pakistani military/government bowed to international pressure and allowed the delegation to examine the jails. The POWs has to be hidden away in a secret camp for the duration of the delegation's visit in Pakistan.
The Repatriation And The Realization[edit]
Colonel Shakoor arrives at the Chaklala camp; he informs Colonel Puri and Major Singh that all the POWs will be repatriated. He also says that as there are some formalities to be fulfilled, they will have to remain there for nearly two months. The POWs are further informed that the same night they will be treated to an open-air screening of a recent popular movie followed by a banquet. Major Singh, Captain Kabir and Subedar Ahmed are distrustful of Colonel Shakoor's words, although the other prisoners celebrate their imminent return home.
That night, while the movie is being screened, Ahmed steals a newspaper from an army jeep and calls Major Singh and Captains Kabir and Jacob into the barracks. From reading the newspaper, they learn that General Zia Ul-Haq has overthrown Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in a military coup and formed a new government. Further, General Zia has stated that all Indian soldiers who were taken prisoner so far have been returned and, as proof, he has allowed the International Red Cross Society to inspect the Pakistani jails. Since no POW was found, General Zia has reasserted the Pakistani government's innocence in this matter. The four soldiers now understand the reason why they were taken to this camp. Also, that they were being provided with good facilities so that they would not think of escaping. Then, they realize that they are being overheard and discover that the eavesdroppers are Ram and Gurtu. They overpower them and are about to thrash the two, when the Flight Lieutenants inform them that they too wish to escape to India. They prove their willingness by producing the ID card they had stolen earlier.
The First Steps[edit]
The six soldiers decide to escape, and they must waste no time. They take two steps the same night. First, they request the Pakistanis for a group photo. This request is granted. Second, at the dinner, Ahmed attempts to strike Jacob, for which he is punished by Colonel Puri the next morning. When Ahmed refuses to bear out his punishment, Colonel Puri wishes to court-martial him. The POWs ask for the use of a barrack to serve as a courtroom, a request that is also granted.
The Pakistanis are preparing to celebrate the Pakistani Independence Day (14 August) by having a song performance by Ms. Sultana Khanum, a ghazal singer. The Indians, who wish to celebrate the Indian Independence Day (15 August), ask for fresh uniforms, paints to make an Indian flag and jaggery for making a sweet drink. The Pakistanis grant them all their requests in order to keep them pacified.
While the court martial is going on, Ram and Gurtu combine the paints to dye the uniforms in the colours of the Pakistani Army. Maj. Karamat is presiding over the court martial. Here, with Kabir as the prosecutor and Suraj as the defense, the would-be escapees impress upon Karamat that Puri hates Ahmed simply because he is a Muslim. This prompts Karamat into starting the proceedings to implant Ahmed as a spy in the Indian Army.
Initial Success[edit]
While Karamat is interviewing Ahmed to offer sending him back to India so that he can spy for the Pakistanis, Kabir and Jacob stealthily make their way to the camp periphery. They trigger the alarm and run back into the camp before they can be seen. The guards conclude that it must have been triggered by a wild animal. At this, Karamat switches off the alarm from the electricity room adjacent to his own office. Ahmed follows him like a dimwitted man and sees the location of the switch.
As Ahmed's repatriation formalities are being fulfilled, he manages to steal from Karamat's office the accessories and insignia that are present on Pakistani uniforms. Ahmed also learns that the electricity room houses the communications line and the power generator. He passes on this information to Suraj Singh and the others (Kabir, Jacob, Ram and Gurtu).
The plan is to create a stampede on the night of 14 August and escape under the pretext of escorting the ghazal singer out of the camp. But to cause a stampede, they need to detonate a bomb. For this, Ram and Gurtu go on a pickpocketing spree and bring back to Jacob (an explosives and topography expert) a lot of matchboxes. They remove the phosphorus heads of the matchsticks and make a crude bomb out of the combined match-heads. They intend to throw this bomb into the ammunitions room to create a blast. Once the bomb is ready, they tie it to the lower side of the floorboards to hide it.
The group photograph has been given to Colonel Puri. To steal it from him, Ram and Gurtu make an alcoholic drink out of the jaggery and soon many of the POWs are drunk. Colonel Puri is too drunk to notice the real reason behind the drinking session. The photo is stolen. Out of this, the face of Suraj Singh is cut out and stuck onto the stolen ID card.
The fake Pakistani uniforms are ready. So are the bomb and the ID card. The six men just have to wait for the song performance before starting their action. At this point, Suraj tells the others that the real intent of the mission is to alert the Indian authorities of the presence of Indian POWs in Pakistan. He also tells them that one or more of them may die while escaping and that their only consolation will be that they will have died as escapees instead of as prisoners.
The Breakout[edit]
While the floor is being cleaned with water that morning, the bomb gets soaked, but the escape team does not know this. As 14 August dawns, the six men wear two layers of uniforms; the Indian uniforms on top of the Pakistani ones. By evening, the ghazal singer is ready to give her song performance.
The senior Pakistani officers, including Shakoor and Karamat, are among the audience. The Indian POWs are allowed to sit as a separate audience to enjoy the songs. As the performance begins, Jacob and Kabir sneak away from the main POW group at separate times. Ahmed goes into Karamat's office, telling the guard that the Major has asked for his jacket. Once inside, he knocks the guard unconscious and through a side door lets in Kabir, who has changed into his Pakistani uniform. He goes into the electricity room to disconnect the communication lines and power lines. He cuts the communication lines first, then, as per the plan, he must wait for the blast before he can cut the power line.
Jacob reaches the crude bomb and realizes that it is now soaked. He tells Ahmed, who is now by his side, that the mission must be called off. Then he rushes off to stop Suraj. However, before Ahmed can stop Kabir, he impatiently cuts the power line, plunging the camp in darkness. Ahmed does the last thing left to him to save his friends. He runs to the ammunitions room, forces his way in, locks himself in and primes one of the grenades. In the few seconds before the blast, he closes his eyes and thinks of his family; his aged parents, his wife and his daughter whom he has never seen and who would now be six. The room blows up into a ball of fire.
The remaining five men carry out the plan as conceived. There is a stampede and a general confusion as the soldiers attempt to put out the fire. Suraj and his men escort the ghazal singer out of the camp in an army truck. A few Pakistani soldiers already inside the truck become their unwitting captives. The Indians are no longer POWs, they are now soldiers on a mission.
The Aftermath[edit]
At the camp, the Pakistani guards take a head count of the prisoners and, seeing six of them missing, including Suraj Singh, discover that an escape has taken place. They try to locate the truck escorting Sultana Khanum. They also alert Major Bilal Mallik (Piyush Mishra), who is in charge of a helicopter, to help in their search.
Meanwhile, the escape truck has gone on a highway to Abbottabad. At a lonely spot, the escapees decide to get rid of their captives. One of them tries to rush his captors and in a scuffle shoots Jacob in the stomach. Suraj and Kabir shoot the Pakistani dead. Jacob lies to his comrades, saying that the bullet has just grazed him. The escapees relieve the Pakistani soldiers of their weapons and wallets and knock them unconscious. They also hide the body of the dead soldier. They are about to render Sultana unconscious, when she says that she was once the head of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission. She says that she was aware of the Red Cross raids across Pakistan in search of the Indian POWs. She is sympathetic to the plight of the POWs and promises to misguide the search party if she is left unharmed. In a touching line, she says to Suraj, "Hamaare mulk se thhoda yakeen hee lekar jaao." ("If nothing else, at least take home some trust from our country.")
The Night[edit]
The escapees are in a different truck now. They remember the blast at the camp and understand that it was done by Ahmed. They have gone off the highway to Abbottabad and are on another one, which leads to Muzaffarabad. The search party, including Major Mallik, has reached the escape truck, where they find Sultana Khanum, who has been left unharmed. She says that the escapees were in plain clothes and were talking of going towards Islamabad. The searchers believe her and arrange for her to be sent to her home. However, Major Mallik notices that the military map is missing from the truck's dashboard. When he asks Colonel Shakoor if the escapees were in any way connected to the army, Shakoor answers that it does not matter and that the escaped prisoners have to be brought back. In the meanwhile, the Chaklala camp is hurriedly closed and the Indian POWs are moved out of there.
Major Mallik separates from the search party and heads out in his chopper to cover the highway to Muzaffarabad. At a checkpoint, the escapees, led by Suraj Singh, gain access with the help of the fake ID card. Suraj asks the guard the reason for the checkpoint and is told that there is a search on for six fugitives. From this, he understands that the Pakistanis do not want it to be known that the fugitives are actually POWs.
Sultana Khanum phones Sabeena Jahangir from a wayside hotel and informs her of the presence of Indian POWs in a camp in Chaklala. She says that she is ready to provide testimony to that effect.
By early dawn, the searchers converge at the military hospital in Abbottabad to glean information from the injured soldiers. Here, Colonel Sheriar Khan and Major Azzam Baig berate Major Karamat and Colonel Shakoor for letting the escape take place. When Major Mallik asks if the escapees are Indian POWs, they grudgingly tell him the truth, and he agrees to maintain the secrecy of the search. They then talk to an injured soldier, who tells them about the preparedness of the fugitives. When the soldier mentions that they even have an ID card, Major Mallik realizes that he had actually seen them passing through the checkpoint on the highway to Muzaffarabad. The searchers prepare to go there.
The Wild Chase At Muzaffarabad[edit]
On the morning of 15 August, the escapees arrive at Muzaffarabad. The truck-driver goes on his way, and the soldiers check into a hotel. Once inside the hotel room, Suraj instructs Ram and Gurtu to purchase some necessary medical items from the local stores. He then asks Jacob to plot out an escape route on the map they took off the first escape truck. He charts out a route going up to Baramulla, India. This route avoids the main highway and goes through hills and villages. The last twenty kilometres have to be covered on foot, because the heavy snowfall makes it impossible for any vehicle to pass. Jacob then collapses and the others realize that he was not merely grazed by the bullet, but that his gunshot wound was life threatening. Kabir holds him tightly while Suraj attempts to remove the bullet from his stomach.
Meanwhile, in the town, while Ram and Gurtu are purchasing medicines and painkillers for Jacob, Ram notices a military convoy approaching. The search party is here. He and Gurtu run to the hotel to warn the others. Although they were not seen by the searchers, the place is soon swarming with soldiers. In the hotel room, Jacob finds the pain unbearable and reaches for a pistol. Ram and Gurtu reach the room just in time to see him shoot himself in the head. Although the four men are stunned, they have no time to waste. They cover Jacob in a blanket, take the map and the bags, and flee through the window.
As they run through the side streets of the town, the Pakistanis are on their heels. When the fugitives reach the main street, they have to hide behind a truck as it is crowded with soldiers led by Colonel Shakoor. They cannot remain behind the truck for long, because the column of soldiers chasing them is getting closer. Then Ram spots a motorbike, he tells Suraj and the others to be ready to take it. Before they can stop him, he runs into Colonel Shakoor's view, shoots his guard and runs into a side-lane. As the soldiers run after him, the fugitives hide themselves under the tarpaulin of another truck, thereby escaping notice by the column that was chasing them. This column joins the other soldiers in the chase. As a straggler is attempting to start the motorbike, the escapees (Suraj, Kabir and Gurtu) run out of their hiding place, beat him unconscious and ride away on it.
Ram has taken control of an army jeep after killing a few soldiers, including Major Azzam Baig. He too has sustained a few bullet injuries, and is now leading the Pakistanis away from his friends. He now has only one pistol and one grenade for weapons. He leads the soldiers out of the town as far away as he can. The chasing convoy is led by Colonel Shakoor, who is berating his men to drive faster. Major Mallik is in the second jeep. Suddenly, Major Suraj Singh turns in from a dirt road and is riding next to the leading jeep. Colonel Shakoor stares into the faces of Suraj, Gurtu and Kabir. The jeep driver's face registers terror as he sees Kabir priming a grenade. Kabir lobs the grenade into the jeep as Suraj picks up speed and races away. In the next few seconds, the convoy comes to a standstill and Colonel Shakoor leaps out of his jeep. He runs a few steps and throws himself flat on the ground. The jeep explodes as the Indians race away. A stunned Major Mallik is unable to believe his eyes. The expression on his face sums up the scene: he did not expect the Indians to pull off a move like that.
The Sacrifice[edit]
The men on the bike catch up with Ram, who is relieved to see them safe. Gurtu asks innocently, "Listen, sir, is this the road to Delhi?" then tells him to watch where he is driving. But their victory is short-lived as they are attacked by a truck coming from the opposite direction. Although Kabir and Gurtu manage to shoot the driver of the truck and the shooters in its front, Suraj is forced to divert the bike into a ditch. Ram stops the jeep and watches his friends careening wildly downslope. They hit a rock and the bike cartwheels, then lands on Kabir's right leg. As the bike slides down the slope, it drags him with it. Suraj and Gurtu are lucky to survive with only a few scratches.
Ram is shot by the soldiers who are climbing out of the back of the truck. Gurtu is climbing upslope to rush to his aid with a furious Suraj attempting to stop him. Ram, still alive, sees the scene: Shakoor and Mallik have caught up and are driving towards him, the soldiers from the truck ahead are running towards him, and Gurtu and Suraj are dangerously close to revealing their position in the ditch. He quickly turns his jeep around and, with the soldiers still running after him, drives straight at Shakoor's vehicle. Mallik, seated next to Shakoor, orders the driver to stop and reverse. He is sure that Ram is playing a fresh new trick, while Shakoor wants to get closer to Ram so that he can shoot him dead. Ram slams into them at high speed, causing serious injury to Shakoor, the soldiers in Shakoor's truck and to himself. Shakoor, who is now unconscious, is laid on the ground as Mallik orders for an ambulance. Mallik then walks to Ram's jeep to see what he was trying to do.
Ram is bleeding profusely, he has a few breaths' worth of life left in him and he has primed a grenade. When Mallik sees the grenade, he shouts a warning for everyone to run away. As they all run away from the jeep, Mallik leading them, it explodes. In the ditch, Suraj and Gurtu see the explosion. Suraj covers Gurtu's mouth so that his cries cannot be heard by the men on the road. They watch the jeep and the truck go up in flames, then Suraj forcibly turns Gurtu around and they come back to the motorbike, which has Kabir still partially pinned underneath it. The blast has claimed many lives, including Colonel Shakoor's. As Mallik directs the rescue, Colonel Sheriar Khan catches up. Simultaneously, the fugitives get the bike upright and drive away.
The Intervention[edit]
While Mallik and Khan are directing the rescue, Sabeena Jahangir arrives there with the Red Cross delegates and questions Khan as to his lies regarding the Indian POWs. Mallik explains that this blast was the result of an accident involving two vehicles and that they are in no way connected to the POW issue. They go to the Muzaffarabad base, where in a closed room, Colonel Sheriar Khan is informed on the phone that a delegate has been sent to recall Sabeena Jahangir. When he expresses disbelief and frustration that the POW matter is now known, Mallik tells him that catching the POWs is now difficult. He says that in addition to being highly motivated, they are also military experts. He mentions Ram's suicide bombing of the trucks as proof of how far they are willing to go. But until the arrival of the delegate, he says, Colonel Sheriar Khan must keep Jahangir pacified. When Khan attempts to tell Jahangir that there is a misunderstanding regarding the accident and the blast, she says that the occurrence of one blast at Chaklala and within one day another one at Muzaffarabad is highly suspicious. She alleges that the Pakistani military have deceived the Red Cross and the Pakistani public by lying that there are no Indian POWs in the country. Just then, the High Commission delegate arrives and shows Jahangir an order to vacate the area immediately. She glares at Mallik and Khan, then leaves with her colleagues. As soon as she is gone, the soldiers spring into action resuming their search.
Saluting Fallen Comrades[edit]
However, this intervention has bought off valuable time for the escapees. They have gone on the route marked by Jacob and reached the point from where they have to go by foot. The bike is anyway out of petrol. While Suraj Singh throws the bike down a mountainside, Gurtu has leaned Kabir against a tree and is making three mounds in the snow; one for each man who died on this mission. Seeing this, Suraj points out that they sacrificed their lives for their battle, so they must be respected as martyrs. He, Kabir and Gurtu stand up and salute this memorial. Then, they walk on into the snow, Kabir being held up by the others.
The Cold Night[edit]
The Indian soldiers have reached a point where they must stop and wait until dark before resuming their journey. They risk being caught if they go any further while there is still light. Suraj and Gurtu tie a splint improvised out of twigs onto Kabir's fractured leg.
By nightfall, the Pakistanis have reached a stream where they retrieve the bike that was thrown down the mountain. Khan and Mallik disagree in their conclusions. While Khan is certain that the fugitives have died and that their bodies should be lying close by, Mallik thinks that they could have thrown the bike down the mountainside and continued on foot. Khan berates Mallik for overestimating the fugitives. Mallik steps aside, and while Khan continues the search in the vicinity, gives voice to his own thoughts: "When the bloody war was over, there was never any need to detain these soldiers. Not only have we incurred the curses of their kin, we have also created a nuisance for ourselves. If I say this aloud, I will be declared a traitor. If I don't, then this Pakistani conscience of mine will torment me for life."
Suraj awakens Gurtu and Kabir to continue their journey. Kabir is not able to move his leg. Suraj removes the shoe on his injured leg only to see that it has turned black. Kabir says that it is frostbite and that it will climb up his body. However, when he requests to be left behind, Suraj will not hear of it. He carries Kabir bodily on his back, and their trek continues. They can do nothing but walk on. They keep themselves sane by exchanging little jokes and talking about their hometowns. When Suraj stumbles under Kabir's weight, Kabir points out that this way a two-hour journey will stretch to six hours. Suraj will again hear none of it. Sometime later, Kabir tells Suraj that he respects him more than he would respect his own father. Suraj replies that in the army a senior officer is like a father anyway.
Unparalleled Heroism[edit]
It is dawn. The three soldiers have stopped to rest by the side of a path winding through the mountains. Kabir and Gurtu are asleep; Suraj is sitting huddled next to them. He sees something far below him in the valley. He rises, then wakes up Gurtu and asks him to take a look. They strain their eyes. They cannot believe what they are seeing. It is an Indian army outpost with the Indian Flag raised above it. They cheer, scream, and laugh in jubilation. But when Gurtu tries to rouse Kabir, he falls limply to one side. He is dead. With nothing else left to do, Suraj and Gurtu bury Kabir in the snow and walk on towards the Indian side of the border. It is about a few hundred yards away.
Suddenly they hear the sound of a helicopter. It carries Colonel Sheriar Khan and Major Bilal Mallik. As Khan fires at them with a machine gun, Mallik cautions him that they are too close to the Line Of Control (LOC). As Suraj and Gurtu attempt to run, they end up taking a few bullet wounds. Gurtu is shot in his leg, which disables him from standing up. The Indian soldiers at the outpost, who see the helicopter, think that the Pakistanis are starting a skirmish. They get ready to fire a rocket.
Gurtu crawls into a rock alcove and asks Suraj to proceed alone without him. Suraj replies that he has no family back home in India and that if he reaches home he will do so with his companions. Suraj then says that they must survive for the sake of their comrades who died in the escape and for the sake of those who are still prisoners. Meanwhile, Mallik mutinies against Khan and orders the pilot to turn the chopper around. The Indians fire a rocket at the chopper. As the helicopter turns around and flies away behind the mountains, the rocket explodes harmlessly on a mountainside. On the ground, Gurtu is unable to walk, so Suraj seats him against a rock. He promises to bring help from the Indian side.
Major Suraj Singh calls out to the Indians, but he has been a prisoner for six years. As he calls for help, his voice stammers and fails many times. The Indians simply do not or cannot hear him. Then suddenly gunshots are heard and Suraj collapses. A column of Pakistani soldiers is running towards the two fugitives. Suraj is shot badly. The Indian soldiers rush to their defensive positions. As Gurtu is still recovering from the shock, Suraj struggles to his feet. He tells Gurtu that he will be back with help even before the Pakistanis arrive. He is still the father figure his men loved him for being. The Pakistanis are rushing on, screaming obscenities. Suraj runs towards the Indian outpost. As the Pakistanis fire at him, the Indians, thinking that a skirmish is on, fire back at the Pakistanis. This pins them down considerably so their firing on Suraj does not have much effect. Then the Indian officer sees Suraj through his binoculars and orders his men to stop firing as he realizes that the Pakistanis were chasing a fugitive. Then the Pakistanis are able to come out into the open and fire at Suraj. He nevertheless runs as hard as he can. There is an explosion close to his feet, probably a land mine, and he is thrown forward to the ground by the force of the blast.
Gurtu is looking at Suraj over the distance. His face has a look of peace. Suraj has reached the Indian side. He slowly stands up and looks ahead. He is home. He looks at the soldiers and at the flag above them. He is too overcome by emotion to say even a word. The Indians see a man in Pakistani army uniform before them. Suraj raises his right hand as if reaching for the flag. Then the Pakistanis fire one shot, which goes through Suraj's heart. He falls to the ground and dies.
The Pakistani soldiers have reached the border. Khan and Mallik make their way to their head. The Indian officer shouts a question across the no-man's-land, asking what the matter is. Khan replies that the dead fugitive was a deserter from the Pakistani army who was court-martialled and had killed two civilians while escaping. He asks the Indians to search the dead man for an ID card, which should confirm his identity. The Indians find on Suraj's person the fake ID card, which had got him through the Pakistani check post. The officer grants permission for the Pakistanis to take away the corpse and warns them to be careful in future. As Suraj's body is dragged back to the Pakistani side, Mallik removes his beret in a gesture of respect to the man who, in his own way, did reach his country.
Epilogue[edit]
It is now 2007. The place is Multan Jail in Pakistan. We see an old man walking in the prison compound. He has made five little mounds of earth and he is putting a few flowers on them. He sits on the ground next to them and leafs through what was once Major Suraj Singh's prison diary. This old man is Gurtu. He now has only two motives in his life: to hope to return home and to keep alive the memory of his five friends.
The screen now blurs, and a Voice over informs us that there are still 54 Indian POW's of the 1971 and the 1965 Indo Pak wars who are languishing in Pakistani Jails. They were last seen alive in 1988. Copies of original letters posted by them come up as the credits Roll

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text: singer

text: is

text: ready

text: to

text: give

text: her

text: song

text: performance

text: The

text: senior

text: Pakistani

text: officers

text: including

text: Shakoor

text: and

text: Karamat

text: are

text: among

text: the

text: audience

text: The

text: Indian

text: POWs

text: are

text: allowed

text: to

text: sit

text: as

text: a

text: separate

text: audience

text: to

text: enjoy

text: the

text: songs

text: As

text: the

text: performance

text: begins

text: Jacob

text: and

text: Kabir

text: sneak

text: away

text: from

text: the

text: main

text: POW

text: group

text: at

text: separate

text: times

text: Ahmed

text: goes

text: into

text: Karamat

text: 's

text: office

text: telling

text: the

text: guard

text: that

text: the

text: Major

text: has

text: asked

text: for

text: his

text: jacket

text: Once

text: inside

text: he

text: knocks

text: the

text: guard

text: unconscious

text: and

text: through

text: a

text: side

text: door

text: lets

text: in

text: Kabir

text: who

text: has

text: changed

text: into

text: his

text: Pakistani

text: uniform

text: He

text: goes

text: into

text: the

text: electricity

text: room

text: to

text: disconnect

text: the

text: communication

text: lines

text: and

text: power

text: lines

text: He

text: cuts

text: the

text: communication

text: lines

text: first

text: then

text: as

text: per

text: the

text: plan

text: he

text: must

text: wait

text: for

text: the

text: blast

text: before

text: he

text: can

text: cut

text: the

text: power

text: line

text: Jacob

text: reaches

text: the

text: crude

text: bomb

text: and

text: realizes

text: that

text: it

text: is

text: now

text: soaked

text: He

text: tells

text: Ahmed

text: who

text: is

text: now

text: by

text: his

text: side

text: that

text: the

text: mission

text: must

text: be

text: called

text: off

text: Then

text: he

text: rushes

text: off

text: to

text: stop

text: Suraj

text: However

text: before

text: Ahmed

text: can

text: stop

text: Kabir

text: he

text: impatiently

text: cuts

text: the

text: power

text: line

text: plunging

text: the

text: camp

text: in

text: darkness

text: Ahmed

text: does

text: the

text: last

text: thing

text: left

text: to

text: him

text: to

text: save

text: his

text: friends

text: He

text: runs

text: to

text: the

text: ammunitions

text: room

text: forces

text: his

text: way

text: in

text: locks

text: himself

text: in

text: and

text: primes

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: grenades

text: In

text: the

text: few

text: seconds

text: before

text: the

text: blast

text: he

text: closes

text: his

text: eyes

text: and

text: thinks

text: of

text: his

text: family

text: his

text: aged

text: parents

text: his

text: wife

text: and

text: his

text: daughter

text: whom

text: he

text: has

text: never

text: seen

text: and

text: who

text: would

text: now

text: be

text: six

text: The

text: room

text: blows

text: up

text: into

text: a

text: ball

text: of

text: fire

text: The

text: remaining

text: five

text: men

text: carry

text: out

text: the

text: plan

text: as

text: conceived

text: There

text: is

text: a

text: stampede

text: and

text: a

text: general

text: confusion

text: as

text: the

text: soldiers

text: attempt

text: to

text: put

text: out

text: the

text: fire

text: Suraj

text: and

text: his

text: men

text: escort

text: the

text: ghazal

text: singer

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: camp

text: in

text: an

text: army

text: truck

text: A

text: few

text: Pakistani

text: soldiers

text: already

text: inside

text: the

text: truck

text: become

text: their

text: unwitting

text: captives

text: The

text: Indians

text: are

text: no

text: longer

text: POWs

text: they

text: are

text: now

text: soldiers

text: on

text: a

text: mission

text: The

text: Aftermath[edit

text: At

text: the

text: camp

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: guards

text: take

text: a

text: head

text: count

text: of

text: the

text: prisoners

text: and

text: seeing

text: six

text: of

text: them

text: missing

text: including

text: Suraj

text: Singh

text: discover

text: that

text: an

text: escape

text: has

text: taken

text: place

text: They

text: try

text: to

text: locate

text: the

text: truck

text: escorting

text: Sultana

text: Khanum

text: They

text: also

text: alert

text: Major

text: Bilal

text: Mallik

text: Piyush

text: Mishra

text: who

text: is

text: in

text: charge

text: of

text: a

text: helicopter

text: to

text: help

text: in

text: their

text: search

text: Meanwhile

text: the

text: escape

text: truck

text: has

text: gone

text: on

text: a

text: highway

text: to

text: Abbottabad

text: At

text: a

text: lonely

text: spot

text: the

text: escapees

text: decide

text: to

text: get

text: rid

text: of

text: their

text: captives

text: One

text: of

text: them

text: tries

text: to

text: rush

text: his

text: captors

text: and

text: in

text: a

text: scuffle

text: shoots

text: Jacob

text: in

text: the

text: stomach

text: Suraj

text: and

text: Kabir

text: shoot

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: dead

text: Jacob

text: lies

text: to

text: his

text: comrades

text: saying

text: that

text: the

text: bullet

text: has

text: just

text: grazed

text: him

text: The

text: escapees

text: relieve

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: soldiers

text: of

text: their

text: weapons

text: and

text: wallets

text: and

text: knock

text: them

text: unconscious

text: They

text: also

text: hide

text: the

text: body

text: of

text: the

text: dead

text: soldier

text: They

text: are

text: about

text: to

text: render

text: Sultana

text: unconscious

text: when

text: she

text: says

text: that

text: she

text: was

text: once

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: the

text: Pakistan

text: Human

text: Rights

text: Commission

text: She

text: says

text: that

text: she

text: was

text: aware

text: of

text: the

text: Red

text: Cross

text: raids

text: across

text: Pakistan

text: in

text: search

text: of

text: the

text: Indian

text: POWs

text: She

text: is

text: sympathetic

text: to

text: the

text: plight

text: of

text: the

text: POWs

text: and

text: promises

text: to

text: misguide

text: the

text: search

text: party

text: if

text: she

text: is

text: left

text: unharmed

text: In

text: a

text: touching

text: line

text: she

text: says

text: to

text: Suraj

text: Hamaare

text: mulk

text: se

text: thhoda

text: yakeen

text: hee

text: lekar

text: jaao

text: If

text: nothing

text: else

text: at

text: least

text: take

text: home

text: some

text: trust

text: from

text: our

text: country

text: The

text: Night[edit

text: The

text: escapees

text: are

text: in

text: a

text: different

text: truck

text: now

text: They

text: remember

text: the

text: blast

text: at

text: the

text: camp

text: and

text: understand

text: that

text: it

text: was

text: done

text: by

text: Ahmed

text: They

text: have

text: gone

text: off

text: the

text: highway

text: to

text: Abbottabad

text: and

text: are

text: on

text: another

text: one

text: which

text: leads

text: to

text: Muzaffarabad

text: The

text: search

text: party

text: including

text: Major

text: Mallik

text: has

text: reached

text: the

text: escape

text: truck

text: where

text: they

text: find

text: Sultana

text: Khanum

text: who

text: has

text: been

text: left

text: unharmed

text: She

text: says

text: that

text: the

text: escapees

text: were

text: in

text: plain

text: clothes

text: and

text: were

text: talking

text: of

text: going

text: towards

text: Islamabad

text: The

text: searchers

text: believe

text: her

text: and

text: arrange

text: for

text: her

text: to

text: be

text: sent

text: to

text: her

text: home

text: However

text: Major

text: Mallik

text: notices

text: that

text: the

text: military

text: map

text: is

text: missing

text: from

text: the

text: truck

text: 's

text: dashboard

text: When

text: he

text: asks

text: Colonel

text: Shakoor

text: if

text: the

text: escapees

text: were

text: in

text: any

text: way

text: connected

text: to

text: the

text: army

text: Shakoor

text: answers

text: that

text: it

text: does

text: not

text: matter

text: and

text: that

text: the

text: escaped

text: prisoners

text: have

text: to

text: be

text: brought

text: back

text: In

text: the

text: meanwhile

text: the

text: Chaklala

text: camp

text: is

text: hurriedly

text: closed

text: and

text: the

text: Indian

text: POWs

text: are

text: moved

text: out

text: of

text: there

text: Major

text: Mallik

text: separates

text: from

text: the

text: search

text: party

text: and

text: heads

text: out

text: in

text: his

text: chopper

text: to

text: cover

text: the

text: highway

text: to

text: Muzaffarabad

text: At

text: a

text: checkpoint

text: the

text: escapees

text: led

text: by

text: Suraj

text: Singh

text: gain

text: access

text: with

text: the

text: help

text: of

text: the

text: fake

text: ID

text: card

text: Suraj

text: asks

text: the

text: guard

text: the

text: reason

text: for

text: the

text: checkpoint

text: and

text: is

text: told

text: that

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: search

text: on

text: for

text: six

text: fugitives

text: From

text: this

text: he

text: understands

text: that

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: do

text: not

text: want

text: it

text: to

text: be

text: known

text: that

text: the

text: fugitives

text: are

text: actually

text: POWs

text: Sultana

text: Khanum

text: phones

text: Sabeena

text: Jahangir

text: from

text: a

text: wayside

text: hotel

text: and

text: informs

text: her

text: of

text: the

text: presence

text: of

text: Indian

text: POWs

text: in

text: a

text: camp

text: in

text: Chaklala

text: She

text: says

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: ready

text: to

text: provide

text: testimony

text: to

text: that

text: effect

text: By

text: early

text: dawn

text: the

text: searchers

text: converge

text: at

text: the

text: military

text: hospital

text: in

text: Abbottabad

text: to

text: glean

text: information

text: from

text: the

text: injured

text: soldiers

text: Here

text: Colonel

text: Sheriar

text: Khan

text: and

text: Major

text: Azzam

text: Baig

text: berate

text: Major

text: Karamat

text: and

text: Colonel

text: Shakoor

text: for

text: letting

text: the

text: escape

text: take

text: place

text: When

text: Major

text: Mallik

text: asks

text: if

text: the

text: escapees

text: are

text: Indian

text: POWs

text: they

text: grudgingly

text: tell

text: him

text: the

text: truth

text: and

text: he

text: agrees

text: to

text: maintain

text: the

text: secrecy

text: of

text: the

text: search

text: They

text: then

text: talk

text: to

text: an

text: injured

text: soldier

text: who

text: tells

text: them

text: about

text: the

text: preparedness

text: of

text: the

text: fugitives

text: When

text: the

text: soldier

text: mentions

text: that

text: they

text: even

text: have

text: an

text: ID

text: card

text: Major

text: Mallik

text: realizes

text: that

text: he

text: had

text: actually

text: seen

text: them

text: passing

text: through

text: the

text: checkpoint

text: on

text: the

text: highway

text: to

text: Muzaffarabad

text: The

text: searchers

text: prepare

text: to

text: go

text: there

text: The

text: Wild

text: Chase

text: At

text: Muzaffarabad[edit

text: On

text: the

text: morning

text: of

text: August

text: the

text: escapees

text: arrive

text: at

text: Muzaffarabad

text: The

text: truck

text: driver

text: goes

text: on

text: his

text: way

text: and

text: the

text: soldiers

text: check

text: into

text: a

text: hotel

text: Once

text: inside

text: the

text: hotel

text: room

text: Suraj

text: instructs

text: Ram

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: to

text: purchase

text: some

text: necessary

text: medical

text: items

text: from

text: the

text: local

text: stores

text: He

text: then

text: asks

text: Jacob

text: to

text: plot

text: out

text: an

text: escape

text: route

text: on

text: the

text: map

text: they

text: took

text: off

text: the

text: first

text: escape

text: truck

text: He

text: charts

text: out

text: a

text: route

text: going

text: up

text: to

text: Baramulla

text: India

text: This

text: route

text: avoids

text: the

text: main

text: highway

text: and

text: goes

text: through

text: hills

text: and

text: villages

text: The

text: last

text: twenty

text: kilometres

text: have

text: to

text: be

text: covered

text: on

text: foot

text: because

text: the

text: heavy

text: snowfall

text: makes

text: it

text: impossible

text: for

text: any

text: vehicle

text: to

text: pass

text: Jacob

text: then

text: collapses

text: and

text: the

text: others

text: realize

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: not

text: merely

text: grazed

text: by

text: the

text: bullet

text: but

text: that

text: his

text: gunshot

text: wound

text: was

text: life

text: threatening

text: Kabir

text: holds

text: him

text: tightly

text: while

text: Suraj

text: attempts

text: to

text: remove

text: the

text: bullet

text: from

text: his

text: stomach

text: Meanwhile

text: in

text: the

text: town

text: while

text: Ram

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: are

text: purchasing

text: medicines

text: and

text: painkillers

text: for

text: Jacob

text: Ram

text: notices

text: a

text: military

text: convoy

text: approaching

text: The

text: search

text: party

text: is

text: here

text: He

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: run

text: to

text: the

text: hotel

text: to

text: warn

text: the

text: others

text: Although

text: they

text: were

text: not

text: seen

text: by

text: the

text: searchers

text: the

text: place

text: is

text: soon

text: swarming

text: with

text: soldiers

text: In

text: the

text: hotel

text: room

text: Jacob

text: finds

text: the

text: pain

text: unbearable

text: and

text: reaches

text: for

text: a

text: pistol

text: Ram

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: reach

text: the

text: room

text: just

text: in

text: time

text: to

text: see

text: him

text: shoot

text: himself

text: in

text: the

text: head

text: Although

text: the

text: four

text: men

text: are

text: stunned

text: they

text: have

text: no

text: time

text: to

text: waste

text: They

text: cover

text: Jacob

text: in

text: a

text: blanket

text: take

text: the

text: map

text: and

text: the

text: bags

text: and

text: flee

text: through

text: the

text: window

text: As

text: they

text: run

text: through

text: the

text: side

text: streets

text: of

text: the

text: town

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: are

text: on

text: their

text: heels

text: When

text: the

text: fugitives

text: reach

text: the

text: main

text: street

text: they

text: have

text: to

text: hide

text: behind

text: a

text: truck

text: as

text: it

text: is

text: crowded

text: with

text: soldiers

text: led

text: by

text: Colonel

text: Shakoor

text: They

text: can

text: not

text: remain

text: behind

text: the

text: truck

text: for

text: long

text: because

text: the

text: column

text: of

text: soldiers

text: chasing

text: them

text: is

text: getting

text: closer

text: Then

text: Ram

text: spots

text: a

text: motorbike

text: he

text: tells

text: Suraj

text: and

text: the

text: others

text: to

text: be

text: ready

text: to

text: take

text: it

text: Before

text: they

text: can

text: stop

text: him

text: he

text: runs

text: into

text: Colonel

text: Shakoor

text: 's

text: view

text: shoots

text: his

text: guard

text: and

text: runs

text: into

text: a

text: side

text: lane

text: As

text: the

text: soldiers

text: run

text: after

text: him

text: the

text: fugitives

text: hide

text: themselves

text: under

text: the

text: tarpaulin

text: of

text: another

text: truck

text: thereby

text: escaping

text: notice

text: by

text: the

text: column

text: that

text: was

text: chasing

text: them

text: This

text: column

text: joins

text: the

text: other

text: soldiers

text: in

text: the

text: chase

text: As

text: a

text: straggler

text: is

text: attempting

text: to

text: start

text: the

text: motorbike

text: the

text: escapees

text: Suraj

text: Kabir

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: run

text: out

text: of

text: their

text: hiding

text: place

text: beat

text: him

text: unconscious

text: and

text: ride

text: away

text: on

text: it

text: Ram

text: has

text: taken

text: control

text: of

text: an

text: army

text: jeep

text: after

text: killing

text: a

text: few

text: soldiers

text: including

text: Major

text: Azzam

text: Baig

text: He

text: too

text: has

text: sustained

text: a

text: few

text: bullet

text: injuries

text: and

text: is

text: now

text: leading

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: away

text: from

text: his

text: friends

text: He

text: now

text: has

text: only

text: one

text: pistol

text: and

text: one

text: grenade

text: for

text: weapons

text: He

text: leads

text: the

text: soldiers

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: town

text: as

text: far

text: away

text: as

text: he

text: can

text: The

text: chasing

text: convoy

text: is

text: led

text: by

text: Colonel

text: Shakoor

text: who

text: is

text: berating

text: his

text: men

text: to

text: drive

text: faster

text: Major

text: Mallik

text: is

text: in

text: the

text: second

text: jeep

text: Suddenly

text: Major

text: Suraj

text: Singh

text: turns

text: in

text: from

text: a

text: dirt

text: road

text: and

text: is

text: riding

text: next

text: to

text: the

text: leading

text: jeep

text: Colonel

text: Shakoor

text: stares

text: into

text: the

text: faces

text: of

text: Suraj

text: Gurtu

text: and

text: Kabir

text: The

text: jeep

text: driver

text: 's

text: face

text: registers

text: terror

text: as

text: he

text: sees

text: Kabir

text: priming

text: a

text: grenade

text: Kabir

text: lobs

text: the

text: grenade

text: into

text: the

text: jeep

text: as

text: Suraj

text: picks

text: up

text: speed

text: and

text: races

text: away

text: In

text: the

text: next

text: few

text: seconds

text: the

text: convoy

text: comes

text: to

text: a

text: standstill

text: and

text: Colonel

text: Shakoor

text: leaps

text: out

text: of

text: his

text: jeep

text: He

text: runs

text: a

text: few

text: steps

text: and

text: throws

text: himself

text: flat

text: on

text: the

text: ground

text: The

text: jeep

text: explodes

text: as

text: the

text: Indians

text: race

text: away

text: A

text: stunned

text: Major

text: Mallik

text: is

text: unable

text: to

text: believe

text: his

text: eyes

text: The

text: expression

text: on

text: his

text: face

text: sums

text: up

text: the

text: scene

text: he

text: did

text: not

text: expect

text: the

text: Indians

text: to

text: pull

text: off

text: a

text: move

text: like

text: that

text: The

text: Sacrifice[edit

text: The

text: men

text: on

text: the

text: bike

text: catch

text: up

text: with

text: Ram

text: who

text: is

text: relieved

text: to

text: see

text: them

text: safe

text: Gurtu

text: asks

text: innocently

text: Listen

text: sir

text: is

text: this

text: the

text: road

text: to

text: Delhi

text: then

text: tells

text: him

text: to

text: watch

text: where

text: he

text: is

text: driving

text: But

text: their

text: victory

text: is

text: short

text: lived

text: as

text: they

text: are

text: attacked

text: by

text: a

text: truck

text: coming

text: from

text: the

text: opposite

text: direction

text: Although

text: Kabir

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: manage

text: to

text: shoot

text: the

text: driver

text: of

text: the

text: truck

text: and

text: the

text: shooters

text: in

text: its

text: front

text: Suraj

text: is

text: forced

text: to

text: divert

text: the

text: bike

text: into

text: a

text: ditch

text: Ram

text: stops

text: the

text: jeep

text: and

text: watches

text: his

text: friends

text: careening

text: wildly

text: downslope

text: They

text: hit

text: a

text: rock

text: and

text: the

text: bike

text: cartwheels

text: then

text: lands

text: on

text: Kabir

text: 's

text: right

text: leg

text: As

text: the

text: bike

text: slides

text: down

text: the

text: slope

text: it

text: drags

text: him

text: with

text: it

text: Suraj

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: are

text: lucky

text: to

text: survive

text: with

text: only

text: a

text: few

text: scratches

text: Ram

text: is

text: shot

text: by

text: the

text: soldiers

text: who

text: are

text: climbing

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: back

text: of

text: the

text: truck

text: Gurtu

text: is

text: climbing

text: upslope

text: to

text: rush

text: to

text: his

text: aid

text: with

text: a

text: furious

text: Suraj

text: attempting

text: to

text: stop

text: him

text: Ram

text: still

text: alive

text: sees

text: the

text: scene

text: Shakoor

text: and

text: Mallik

text: have

text: caught

text: up

text: and

text: are

text: driving

text: towards

text: him

text: the

text: soldiers

text: from

text: the

text: truck

text: ahead

text: are

text: running

text: towards

text: him

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: and

text: Suraj

text: are

text: dangerously

text: close

text: to

text: revealing

text: their

text: position

text: in

text: the

text: ditch

text: He

text: quickly

text: turns

text: his

text: jeep

text: around

text: and

text: with

text: the

text: soldiers

text: still

text: running

text: after

text: him

text: drives

text: straight

text: at

text: Shakoor

text: 's

text: vehicle

text: Mallik

text: seated

text: next

text: to

text: Shakoor

text: orders

text: the

text: driver

text: to

text: stop

text: and

text: reverse

text: He

text: is

text: sure

text: that

text: Ram

text: is

text: playing

text: a

text: fresh

text: new

text: trick

text: while

text: Shakoor

text: wants

text: to

text: get

text: closer

text: to

text: Ram

text: so

text: that

text: he

text: can

text: shoot

text: him

text: dead

text: Ram

text: slams

text: into

text: them

text: at

text: high

text: speed

text: causing

text: serious

text: injury

text: to

text: Shakoor

text: the

text: soldiers

text: in

text: Shakoor

text: 's

text: truck

text: and

text: to

text: himself

text: Shakoor

text: who

text: is

text: now

text: unconscious

text: is

text: laid

text: on

text: the

text: ground

text: as

text: Mallik

text: orders

text: for

text: an

text: ambulance

text: Mallik

text: then

text: walks

text: to

text: Ram

text: 's

text: jeep

text: to

text: see

text: what

text: he

text: was

text: trying

text: to

text: do

text: Ram

text: is

text: bleeding

text: profusely

text: he

text: has

text: a

text: few

text: breaths

text: worth

text: of

text: life

text: left

text: in

text: him

text: and

text: he

text: has

text: primed

text: a

text: grenade

text: When

text: Mallik

text: sees

text: the

text: grenade

text: he

text: shouts

text: a

text: warning

text: for

text: everyone

text: to

text: run

text: away

text: As

text: they

text: all

text: run

text: away

text: from

text: the

text: jeep

text: Mallik

text: leading

text: them

text: it

text: explodes

text: In

text: the

text: ditch

text: Suraj

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: see

text: the

text: explosion

text: Suraj

text: covers

text: Gurtu

text: 's

text: mouth

text: so

text: that

text: his

text: cries

text: can

text: not

text: be

text: heard

text: by

text: the

text: men

text: on

text: the

text: road

text: They

text: watch

text: the

text: jeep

text: and

text: the

text: truck

text: go

text: up

text: in

text: flames

text: then

text: Suraj

text: forcibly

text: turns

text: Gurtu

text: around

text: and

text: they

text: come

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: motorbike

text: which

text: has

text: Kabir

text: still

text: partially

text: pinned

text: underneath

text: it

text: The

text: blast

text: has

text: claimed

text: many

text: lives

text: including

text: Colonel

text: Shakoor

text: 's

text: As

text: Mallik

text: directs

text: the

text: rescue

text: Colonel

text: Sheriar

text: Khan

text: catches

text: up

text: Simultaneously

text: the

text: fugitives

text: get

text: the

text: bike

text: upright

text: and

text: drive

text: away

text: The

text: Intervention[edit

text: While

text: Mallik

text: and

text: Khan

text: are

text: directing

text: the

text: rescue

text: Sabeena

text: Jahangir

text: arrives

text: there

text: with

text: the

text: Red

text: Cross

text: delegates

text: and

text: questions

text: Khan

text: as

text: to

text: his

text: lies

text: regarding

text: the

text: Indian

text: POWs

text: Mallik

text: explains

text: that

text: this

text: blast

text: was

text: the

text: result

text: of

text: an

text: accident

text: involving

text: two

text: vehicles

text: and

text: that

text: they

text: are

text: in

text: no

text: way

text: connected

text: to

text: the

text: POW

text: issue

text: They

text: go

text: to

text: the

text: Muzaffarabad

text: base

text: where

text: in

text: a

text: closed

text: room

text: Colonel

text: Sheriar

text: Khan

text: is

text: informed

text: on

text: the

text: phone

text: that

text: a

text: delegate

text: has

text: been

text: sent

text: to

text: recall

text: Sabeena

text: Jahangir

text: When

text: he

text: expresses

text: disbelief

text: and

text: frustration

text: that

text: the

text: POW

text: matter

text: is

text: now

text: known

text: Mallik

text: tells

text: him

text: that

text: catching

text: the

text: POWs

text: is

text: now

text: difficult

text: He

text: says

text: that

text: in

text: addition

text: to

text: being

text: highly

text: motivated

text: they

text: are

text: also

text: military

text: experts

text: He

text: mentions

text: Ram

text: 's

text: suicide

text: bombing

text: of

text: the

text: trucks

text: as

text: proof

text: of

text: how

text: far

text: they

text: are

text: willing

text: to

text: go

text: But

text: until

text: the

text: arrival

text: of

text: the

text: delegate

text: he

text: says

text: Colonel

text: Sheriar

text: Khan

text: must

text: keep

text: Jahangir

text: pacified

text: When

text: Khan

text: attempts

text: to

text: tell

text: Jahangir

text: that

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: misunderstanding

text: regarding

text: the

text: accident

text: and

text: the

text: blast

text: she

text: says

text: that

text: the

text: occurrence

text: of

text: one

text: blast

text: at

text: Chaklala

text: and

text: within

text: one

text: day

text: another

text: one

text: at

text: Muzaffarabad

text: is

text: highly

text: suspicious

text: She

text: alleges

text: that

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: military

text: have

text: deceived

text: the

text: Red

text: Cross

text: and

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: public

text: by

text: lying

text: that

text: there

text: are

text: no

text: Indian

text: POWs

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: Just

text: then

text: the

text: High

text: Commission

text: delegate

text: arrives

text: and

text: shows

text: Jahangir

text: an

text: order

text: to

text: vacate

text: the

text: area

text: immediately

text: She

text: glares

text: at

text: Mallik

text: and

text: Khan

text: then

text: leaves

text: with

text: her

text: colleagues

text: As

text: soon

text: as

text: she

text: is

text: gone

text: the

text: soldiers

text: spring

text: into

text: action

text: resuming

text: their

text: search

text: Saluting

text: Fallen

text: Comrades[edit

text: However

text: this

text: intervention

text: has

text: bought

text: off

text: valuable

text: time

text: for

text: the

text: escapees

text: They

text: have

text: gone

text: on

text: the

text: route

text: marked

text: by

text: Jacob

text: and

text: reached

text: the

text: point

text: from

text: where

text: they

text: have

text: to

text: go

text: by

text: foot

text: The

text: bike

text: is

text: anyway

text: out

text: of

text: petrol

text: While

text: Suraj

text: Singh

text: throws

text: the

text: bike

text: down

text: a

text: mountainside

text: Gurtu

text: has

text: leaned

text: Kabir

text: against

text: a

text: tree

text: and

text: is

text: making

text: three

text: mounds

text: in

text: the

text: snow

text: one

text: for

text: each

text: man

text: who

text: died

text: on

text: this

text: mission

text: Seeing

text: this

text: Suraj

text: points

text: out

text: that

text: they

text: sacrificed

text: their

text: lives

text: for

text: their

text: battle

text: so

text: they

text: must

text: be

text: respected

text: as

text: martyrs

text: He

text: Kabir

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: stand

text: up

text: and

text: salute

text: this

text: memorial

text: Then

text: they

text: walk

text: on

text: into

text: the

text: snow

text: Kabir

text: being

text: held

text: up

text: by

text: the

text: others

text: The

text: Cold

text: Night[edit

text: The

text: Indian

text: soldiers

text: have

text: reached

text: a

text: point

text: where

text: they

text: must

text: stop

text: and

text: wait

text: until

text: dark

text: before

text: resuming

text: their

text: journey

text: They

text: risk

text: being

text: caught

text: if

text: they

text: go

text: any

text: further

text: while

text: there

text: is

text: still

text: light

text: Suraj

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: tie

text: a

text: splint

text: improvised

text: out

text: of

text: twigs

text: onto

text: Kabir

text: 's

text: fractured

text: leg

text: By

text: nightfall

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: have

text: reached

text: a

text: stream

text: where

text: they

text: retrieve

text: the

text: bike

text: that

text: was

text: thrown

text: down

text: the

text: mountain

text: Khan

text: and

text: Mallik

text: disagree

text: in

text: their

text: conclusions

text: While

text: Khan

text: is

text: certain

text: that

text: the

text: fugitives

text: have

text: died

text: and

text: that

text: their

text: bodies

text: should

text: be

text: lying

text: close

text: by

text: Mallik

text: thinks

text: that

text: they

text: could

text: have

text: thrown

text: the

text: bike

text: down

text: the

text: mountainside

text: and

text: continued

text: on

text: foot

text: Khan

text: berates

text: Mallik

text: for

text: overestimating

text: the

text: fugitives

text: Mallik

text: steps

text: aside

text: and

text: while

text: Khan

text: continues

text: the

text: search

text: in

text: the

text: vicinity

text: gives

text: voice

text: to

text: his

text: own

text: thoughts

text: When

text: the

text: bloody

text: war

text: was

text: over

text: there

text: was

text: never

text: any

text: need

text: to

text: detain

text: these

text: soldiers

text: Not

text: only

text: have

text: we

text: incurred

text: the

text: curses

text: of

text: their

text: kin

text: we

text: have

text: also

text: created

text: a

text: nuisance

text: for

text: ourselves

text: If

text: I

text: say

text: this

text: aloud

text: I

text: will

text: be

text: declared

text: a

text: traitor

text: If

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: then

text: this

text: Pakistani

text: conscience

text: of

text: mine

text: will

text: torment

text: me

text: for

text: life

text: Suraj

text: awakens

text: Gurtu

text: and

text: Kabir

text: to

text: continue

text: their

text: journey

text: Kabir

text: is

text: not

text: able

text: to

text: move

text: his

text: leg

text: Suraj

text: removes

text: the

text: shoe

text: on

text: his

text: injured

text: leg

text: only

text: to

text: see

text: that

text: it

text: has

text: turned

text: black

text: Kabir

text: says

text: that

text: it

text: is

text: frostbite

text: and

text: that

text: it

text: will

text: climb

text: up

text: his

text: body

text: However

text: when

text: he

text: requests

text: to

text: be

text: left

text: behind

text: Suraj

text: will

text: not

text: hear

text: of

text: it

text: He

text: carries

text: Kabir

text: bodily

text: on

text: his

text: back

text: and

text: their

text: trek

text: continues

text: They

text: can

text: do

text: nothing

text: but

text: walk

text: on

text: They

text: keep

text: themselves

text: sane

text: by

text: exchanging

text: little

text: jokes

text: and

text: talking

text: about

text: their

text: hometowns

text: When

text: Suraj

text: stumbles

text: under

text: Kabir

text: 's

text: weight

text: Kabir

text: points

text: out

text: that

text: this

text: way

text: a

text: two

text: hour

text: journey

text: will

text: stretch

text: to

text: six

text: hours

text: Suraj

text: will

text: again

text: hear

text: of

text: it

text: Sometime

text: later

text: Kabir

text: tells

text: Suraj

text: that

text: he

text: respects

text: him

text: more

text: than

text: he

text: would

text: respect

text: his

text: own

text: father

text: Suraj

text: replies

text: that

text: in

text: the

text: army

text: a

text: senior

text: officer

text: is

text: like

text: a

text: father

text: anyway

text: Unparalleled

text: Heroism[edit

text: It

text: is

text: dawn

text: The

text: three

text: soldiers

text: have

text: stopped

text: to

text: rest

text: by

text: the

text: side

text: of

text: a

text: path

text: winding

text: through

text: the

text: mountains

text: Kabir

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: are

text: asleep

text: Suraj

text: is

text: sitting

text: huddled

text: next

text: to

text: them

text: He

text: sees

text: something

text: far

text: below

text: him

text: in

text: the

text: valley

text: He

text: rises

text: then

text: wakes

text: up

text: Gurtu

text: and

text: asks

text: him

text: to

text: take

text: a

text: look

text: They

text: strain

text: their

text: eyes

text: They

text: can

text: not

text: believe

text: what

text: they

text: are

text: seeing

text: It

text: is

text: an

text: Indian

text: army

text: outpost

text: with

text: the

text: Indian

text: Flag

text: raised

text: above

text: it

text: They

text: cheer

text: scream

text: and

text: laugh

text: in

text: jubilation

text: But

text: when

text: Gurtu

text: tries

text: to

text: rouse

text: Kabir

text: he

text: falls

text: limply

text: to

text: one

text: side

text: He

text: is

text: dead

text: With

text: nothing

text: else

text: left

text: to

text: do

text: Suraj

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: bury

text: Kabir

text: in

text: the

text: snow

text: and

text: walk

text: on

text: towards

text: the

text: Indian

text: side

text: of

text: the

text: border

text: It

text: is

text: about

text: a

text: few

text: hundred

text: yards

text: away

text: Suddenly

text: they

text: hear

text: the

text: sound

text: of

text: a

text: helicopter

text: It

text: carries

text: Colonel

text: Sheriar

text: Khan

text: and

text: Major

text: Bilal

text: Mallik

text: As

text: Khan

text: fires

text: at

text: them

text: with

text: a

text: machine

text: gun

text: Mallik

text: cautions

text: him

text: that

text: they

text: are

text: too

text: close

text: to

text: the

text: Line

text: Of

text: Control

text: LOC

text: As

text: Suraj

text: and

text: Gurtu

text: attempt

text: to

text: run

text: they

text: end

text: up

text: taking

text: a

text: few

text: bullet

text: wounds

text: Gurtu

text: is

text: shot

text: in

text: his

text: leg

text: which

text: disables

text: him

text: from

text: standing

text: up

text: The

text: Indian

text: soldiers

text: at

text: the

text: outpost

text: who

text: see

text: the

text: helicopter

text: think

text: that

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: are

text: starting

text: a

text: skirmish

text: They

text: get

text: ready

text: to

text: fire

text: a

text: rocket

text: Gurtu

text: crawls

text: into

text: a

text: rock

text: alcove

text: and

text: asks

text: Suraj

text: to

text: proceed

text: alone

text: without

text: him

text: Suraj

text: replies

text: that

text: he

text: has

text: no

text: family

text: back

text: home

text: in

text: India

text: and

text: that

text: if

text: he

text: reaches

text: home

text: he

text: will

text: do

text: so

text: with

text: his

text: companions

text: Suraj

text: then

text: says

text: that

text: they

text: must

text: survive

text: for

text: the

text: sake

text: of

text: their

text: comrades

text: who

text: died

text: in

text: the

text: escape

text: and

text: for

text: the

text: sake

text: of

text: those

text: who

text: are

text: still

text: prisoners

text: Meanwhile

text: Mallik

text: mutinies

text: against

text: Khan

text: and

text: orders

text: the

text: pilot

text: to

text: turn

text: the

text: chopper

text: around

text: The

text: Indians

text: fire

text: a

text: rocket

text: at

text: the

text: chopper

text: As

text: the

text: helicopter

text: turns

text: around

text: and

text: flies

text: away

text: behind

text: the

text: mountains

text: the

text: rocket

text: explodes

text: harmlessly

text: on

text: a

text: mountainside

text: On

text: the

text: ground

text: Gurtu

text: is

text: unable

text: to

text: walk

text: so

text: Suraj

text: seats

text: him

text: against

text: a

text: rock

text: He

text: promises

text: to

text: bring

text: help

text: from

text: the

text: Indian

text: side

text: Major

text: Suraj

text: Singh

text: calls

text: out

text: to

text: the

text: Indians

text: but

text: he

text: has

text: been

text: a

text: prisoner

text: for

text: six

text: years

text: As

text: he

text: calls

text: for

text: help

text: his

text: voice

text: stammers

text: and

text: fails

text: many

text: times

text: The

text: Indians

text: simply

text: do

text: not

text: or

text: can

text: not

text: hear

text: him

text: Then

text: suddenly

text: gunshots

text: are

text: heard

text: and

text: Suraj

text: collapses

text: A

text: column

text: of

text: Pakistani

text: soldiers

text: is

text: running

text: towards

text: the

text: two

text: fugitives

text: Suraj

text: is

text: shot

text: badly

text: The

text: Indian

text: soldiers

text: rush

text: to

text: their

text: defensive

text: positions

text: As

text: Gurtu

text: is

text: still

text: recovering

text: from

text: the

text: shock

text: Suraj

text: struggles

text: to

text: his

text: feet

text: He

text: tells

text: Gurtu

text: that

text: he

text: will

text: be

text: back

text: with

text: help

text: even

text: before

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: arrive

text: He

text: is

text: still

text: the

text: father

text: figure

text: his

text: men

text: loved

text: him

text: for

text: being

text: The

text: Pakistanis

text: are

text: rushing

text: on

text: screaming

text: obscenities

text: Suraj

text: runs

text: towards

text: the

text: Indian

text: outpost

text: As

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: fire

text: at

text: him

text: the

text: Indians

text: thinking

text: that

text: a

text: skirmish

text: is

text: on

text: fire

text: back

text: at

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: This

text: pins

text: them

text: down

text: considerably

text: so

text: their

text: firing

text: on

text: Suraj

text: does

text: not

text: have

text: much

text: effect

text: Then

text: the

text: Indian

text: officer

text: sees

text: Suraj

text: through

text: his

text: binoculars

text: and

text: orders

text: his

text: men

text: to

text: stop

text: firing

text: as

text: he

text: realizes

text: that

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: were

text: chasing

text: a

text: fugitive

text: Then

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: are

text: able

text: to

text: come

text: out

text: into

text: the

text: open

text: and

text: fire

text: at

text: Suraj

text: He

text: nevertheless

text: runs

text: as

text: hard

text: as

text: he

text: can

text: There

text: is

text: an

text: explosion

text: close

text: to

text: his

text: feet

text: probably

text: a

text: land

text: mine

text: and

text: he

text: is

text: thrown

text: forward

text: to

text: the

text: ground

text: by

text: the

text: force

text: of

text: the

text: blast

text: Gurtu

text: is

text: looking

text: at

text: Suraj

text: over

text: the

text: distance

text: His

text: face

text: has

text: a

text: look

text: of

text: peace

text: Suraj

text: has

text: reached

text: the

text: Indian

text: side

text: He

text: slowly

text: stands

text: up

text: and

text: looks

text: ahead

text: He

text: is

text: home

text: He

text: looks

text: at

text: the

text: soldiers

text: and

text: at

text: the

text: flag

text: above

text: them

text: He

text: is

text: too

text: overcome

text: by

text: emotion

text: to

text: say

text: even

text: a

text: word

text: The

text: Indians

text: see

text: a

text: man

text: in

text: Pakistani

text: army

text: uniform

text: before

text: them

text: Suraj

text: raises

text: his

text: right

text: hand

text: as

text: if

text: reaching

text: for

text: the

text: flag

text: Then

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: fire

text: one

text: shot

text: which

text: goes

text: through

text: Suraj

text: 's

text: heart

text: He

text: falls

text: to

text: the

text: ground

text: and

text: dies

text: The

text: Pakistani

text: soldiers

text: have

text: reached

text: the

text: border

text: Khan

text: and

text: Mallik

text: make

text: their

text: way

text: to

text: their

text: head

text: The

text: Indian

text: officer

text: shouts

text: a

text: question

text: across

text: the

text: no

text: man's

text: land

text: asking

text: what

text: the

text: matter

text: is

text: Khan

text: replies

text: that

text: the

text: dead

text: fugitive

text: was

text: a

text: deserter

text: from

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: army

text: who

text: was

text: court

text: martialled

text: and

text: had

text: killed

text: two

text: civilians

text: while

text: escaping

text: He

text: asks

text: the

text: Indians

text: to

text: search

text: the

text: dead

text: man

text: for

text: an

text: ID

text: card

text: which

text: should

text: confirm

text: his

text: identity

text: The

text: Indians

text: find

text: on

text: Suraj

text: 's

text: person

text: the

text: fake

text: ID

text: card

text: which

text: had

text: got

text: him

text: through

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: check

text: post

text: The

text: officer

text: grants

text: permission

text: for

text: the

text: Pakistanis

text: to

text: take

text: away

text: the

text: corpse

text: and

text: warns

text: them

text: to

text: be

text: careful

text: in

text: future

text: As

text: Suraj

text: 's

text: body

text: is

text: dragged

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: side

text: Mallik

text: removes

text: his

text: beret

text: in

text: a

text: gesture

text: of

text: respect

text: to

text: the

text: man

text: who

text: in

text: his

text: own

text: way

text: did

text: reach

text: his

text: country

text: Epilogue[edit

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text: is

text: now

text: The

text: place

text: is

text: Multan

text: Jail

text: in

text: Pakistan

text: We

text: see

text: an

text: old

text: man

text: walking

text: in

text: the

text: prison

text: compound

text: He

text: has

text: made

text: five

text: little

text: mounds

text: of

text: earth

text: and

text: he

text: is

text: putting

text: a

text: few

text: flowers

text: on

text: them

text: He

text: sits

text: on

text: the

text: ground

text: next

text: to

text: them

text: and

text: leafs

text: through

text: what

text: was

text: once

text: Major

text: Suraj

text: Singh

text: 's

text: prison

text: diary

text: This

text: old

text: man

text: is

text: Gurtu

text: He

text: now

text: has

text: only

text: two

text: motives

text: in

text: his

text: life

text: to

text: hope

text: to

text: return

text: home

text: and

text: to

text: keep

text: alive

text: the

text: memory

text: of

text: his

text: five

text: friends

text: The

text: screen

text: now

text: blurs

text: and

text: a

text: Voice

text: over

text: informs

text: us

text: that

text: there

text: are

text: still

text: Indian

text: POW

text: 's

text: of

text: the

text: and

text: the

text: Indo

text: Pak

text: wars

text: who

text: are

text: languishing

text: in

text: Pakistani

text: Jails

text: They

text: were

text: last

text: seen

text: alive

text: in

text: Copies

text: of

text: original

text: letters

text: posted

text: by

text: them

text: come

text: up

text: as

text: the

text: credits

text: Roll

question: On the eve of which day do the POW's plan to escape?

answer: August 15th

text: 15 August

text: 15 August

question: What is the name of the war in 1971?

answer: Indo-Pakistan Ward

question: Which army kills Maj. Suraj Singh's soldiers?

answer: Pakistan

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