Soldier is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan, written by Sachin Bhowmick and Shyam Goel and produced by Tips Industries.
The film stars Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta, alongside Rakhee Gulzar, Farida Jalal, Suresh Oberoi, Dalip Tahil, Sharat Saxena, Salim Ghouse and Ashish Vidyarthi in supporting roles.
Major Vijay Malhotra, a competent and high-ranking soldier, catches them in the act but is murdered by DK.
20 years later, the Mumbai Police get a fax from the Australian Interpol branch regarding Jaswant, now a wanted illegal arms supplier.
An operation to capture him is handed over to ACP Dinesh Kapoor, an old friend of the late Major Vijay Malhotra, who informs a mysterious man known as Vicky.
After hearing of Jaswant's death and DK's involvement, they worry about betrayal from one another as each of them has secret files that incriminate the entire group.
Dinesh releases Jaswant, who is revealed to be alive and had been helping Raju to finish off Virender's gang.
A sandstorm ensues and gives Raju an advantage to kill the henchmen and severely injuring Pratap and Jaswant .
Khalid Mohamed gave Soldier 2 out of 5 stars, writing that it "leaves you feeling ever so much older and colder.
"[5] Madhur Mittal of The Tribune said that it "boasts of terrific production and technical values", calling it a "a taut thriller".