Kshatriya (film)

Kshatriya
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. P. Dutta
Written by	J. P. Dutta O. P. Dutta
Produced by	Sunder Das Sonkiya
Starring	Dharmendra Vinod Khanna Sunny Deol Sanjay Dutt Meenakshi Sheshadri Raveena Tandon Divya Bharti Sunil Dutt (special appearance) Rakhee Gulzar Sumalatha Kabir Bedi Puneet Issar Prem Chopra
Cinematography	Nirmal Jani
Edited by	Deepak Wirkud
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Distributed by	Pushpa Movies
Release date	26 March 1993 (1993-03-26)
Running time	187 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kshatriya (transl. Warriors) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and co-written by J. P. Dutta. It features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Meenakshi Seshadri, Raveena Tandon, Divya Bharti, Sunil Dutt (special appearance), Rakhee Gulzar, Sumalatha, Kabir Bedi, Puneet Issar and Prem Chopra.

Released worldwide on 26 March 1993, it was recorded a record-breaking opening at the box office & was well received by both critics and audiences.

The story is about two warring royals Kshatriya Rajput families in Rajasthan, India, based in Mirtagarh and Surjangarh. The Mirtagarh family is headed by Maharaja Bhavani Singh, his wife Maheshwari Devi, his daughter Divya, and younger brother Jaswant Singh. Surjangarh's family is headed by Prithvi Singh, his wife Suman, his brother Devendra Pratap Singh, and Devendra's son Vijay Pratap Singh. Vijay falls in love with Divya, but both families are against them marrying and Mirtagarh's minister Ajay Singh and his son Shakti Singh add fuel to the fire. When Vijay comes to meet Divya, he is killed by Shakti, even though Bhavani never wanted him dead. Divya commits suicide after hearing of Vijay's death and Prithvi shoots and kills Bhavani in revenge. Jaswant Singh returns from England and kills Devendra in revenge. Both Prithvi and Jaswant vow to kill each other, once Prithvi gets released from the prison. Prithvi's son Vinay and Bhavani's son Vikram are sent to England as children to get away from the bloody feud between their families.

Twenty years later, Vinay and Vikram are the best of friends living in England. Vikram's cousin and Jaswant's daughter Neelima also lives in London. Vinay and Neelima fall in love and want to marry. This could signal the end of the Mirtagarh and Surjangarh feud. On the other hand, Tanvi falls in love with Vikram. As soon as Prithvi is released from prison, Jaswant challenges him to a sword battle, which he accepts eagerly. Police officer Ganga Singh intervenes and stops them from killing each other. The truth behind the feud between both families is revealed and Vinay and Neelima are forbidden from marrying. Vinay is told the truth of his father killing Vikram's father and then he tells the same to Vikram. Later, enraged for revenge, Vikram bursts into Surjangarh's mansion and shoots Prithvi. Vinay, in a fit of rage, shoots back at Vikram.

While both Prithvi and Vikram survive and are recovering in a hospital from their wounds, Vinay and Jaswant get into a fight outside the hospital. When Vinay assaults Jaswant, Neelima intervenes and slaps Vinay for hitting her father. This prompts Vinay to breaks off his relationship with Neelima, realising that this feud will never end. But, Neelima tells Vinay that she cannot live without him and will commit suicide if he does not take her with him.

Vinay visits Jaswant and pleads with him to let him marry Neelima and end this feud. Jaswant refuses and tells Vinay to leave. As Vinay leaves, he is ambushed by Shakti, Ajay and their men. It is then revealed that Shakti Singh had killed Vinay's cousin Vijay Pratap Singh and wants to kill him too. As Shakti tries to attack Vinay, Vinay overpowers and kills him with his own sword. Jaswant realises that Ajay and Shakti were the conspirators behind all these deaths between both families and he kills Ajay Singh. He lets Neelima go with Vinay and they decide to return to England, marry and settle there.

Vikram recovers from the hospital and challenges Prithvi to a sword battle. Maheshwari prevents Prithvi from accepting Vikram's challenge after she tells him she has forgiven him for killing her husband Bhavani and he should remember that. Prithvi promises her to not kill Vikram. Vinay decides to accept Vikram's challenge instead, to keep his father's honour. As Vinay and Vikram are duelling, their mothers Suman and Maheshwari intervene and decide to hurt themselves to stop their sons from fighting. Eventually, they do stop and finally, the feud ends with friendship and relationship blossoming between the two families.

• Kshatriya at IMDb