[2] It stars Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Akshaye Khanna, Sudesh Berry and Puneet Issar alongside a supporting cast including Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Tabu, Raakhee, Pooja Bhatt and Sharbani Mukherjee.

Once there, he is briefed by his superiors that he and his squadron have been assigned to the Jaisalmer sector and have to fly Hawker Hunter Ground attack planes to support the Indian Army.

He is soon joined by his brother-in-arms army Lieutenant Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri as they meet on a courier flight and speak about the possibility of the opening of the Western front in light of the East Pakistan conflict.

Kuldip takes up command of a company of the 23rd Battalion Punjab Regiment (composed of 120 soldiers), arguing about the light defense being assigned to the military post of Longewala.

During a night patrol, Kuldip, Dharamvir, and Bhairon come across a suspicious bunch of locals who turn out to be insurgents, having informed the identities of the company to the Pakistani military.

The Indian army starts moving forces to nearby locations, preparing to attack if Pakistan tries to open the Western front.

The men receive letters with news from back home and talk among themselves of the people they left to serve the country, and Das is granted leave to attend to his wife (who is ailing with cancer) and children.

Kuldip sends Dharamvir along with five soldiers to patrol the border in a section and assigns Bhairon and his men to clear out the nearby villages to avoid civilian casualties.

Deducing that the shelling attacks were just a diversion to cover the arrival of the incoming invasion, Dharamvir reports this to Kuldip, who then orders him and his patrol to secretly follow the tanks without engaging them.

Expressing his apologies, Bajwa asks Kuldip to defend the post as long as possible and that he and his pilots would be on the battlefield at the first stroke of light.

As dawn nears, Dastagir orders his remaining men to make a last-ditch attempt to overrun Longewala with their massed assault of tanks and infantry, ignoring the danger of the anti-tank mines.

Arming himself with an Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher and a bagful of grenades, Kuldip gathers his remaining depleted men as they make for a suicide counter-attack.

Dawn has broken as Bajwa, and his squadron takes off on their planes to aid Kuldip and his men, destroying more Pakistani tanks in the process.

J. P. Dutta originally wanted Sonali Bendre for Sapna Bedi's role, but things couldn't work out at that time.

T-55 tanks resembling Chinese origin Pakistani Type-59s, weapons of the 70's era like Bren machine guns, MMGs, RCLs and SLRs as well as Air Force Planes like Hawker Hunters and MiG-21s were shown.

All the actors, especially Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, and Jackie Shroff, were extremely nostalgic and felt elated and honored to be a part of such an epic war movie.

Songs like "To Chalun", "Sandese Aate Hai", "Mere Dushman" and "Hamen Jab Se Mohabbat" became memorable.

According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 45,00,000 units sold the soundtrack became the fourth highest-selling album of the year.

Later announcements revealed that Varun Dhawan, Ahan Shetty, Kapil Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh have joined the cast.