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Directed by | Anil Sharma |
Produced by | Dhirajlal Shah Hasmukh Shah Pravin Shah |
Screenplay by | Shaktimaan Talwar |
Story by | Shaktimaan Talwar |
Starring |
Sunny Deol Preity Zinta Priyanka Chopra |
Narrated by | Sunny Deol |
Music by | Uttam Singh |
Cinematography | Kabir Lal |
Edited by | Suresh Urs |
Distributed by | Time Magnetics (India) Pvt. Ltd. |
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Running time
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182 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹350 million (US$5.2 million) |
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The Hero: Love Story of a Spy is a 2003 Bollywood spy thriller film directed by Anil Sharma.The film stars Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra. It registered the highest-ever collections in the Mumbai territory but eventually it was a Below Average Grosser due to high costs. But it still became the third highest-grossing movie of the year. The film marked the Bollywood debut of actress Priyanka Chopra.
Arun Sharma (Sunny Deol) is a spy working for RAW (Research and Analysis Wing). He sets up a spy network under the identity of Major Batra, with the objective of getting information regarding terrorist activities across the border. Reshma (Preity Zinta), who is from the same village, becomes a part of this network. He trains her for spying and during this training process they fall in love. Reluctantly, he sends her across the border as a maidservant in Colonel Hidayatulla's (Deep Dhillon) house. He is associated with Isaq Khan and Maulana Azhar who are enemies of India.
In the meantime, Reshma is identified in front of Isaq Khan, Maulana Azhar and Colonel Hidayatulla. She manages to escape and comes across the border with important information. Arun expresses his love to Reshma and proposes to marry her. The ceremony is cut short when terrorists attack the ship they are on. Reshma goes missing and Arun is presumed dead.
Arun finds out that Isaq Khan and Maulana Azhar were responsible for the attack. He fakes his own death and plans to infiltrate their terrorist network. He follows them to Canada, where it is revealed they are planning to create a nuclear bomb. Reshma is revealed to be alive in Pakistan and in the care of one Dr. Salman. They take her to Canada to operate on her legs. Her doctor is Shaheen (Priyanka Chopra), who is the daughter of Mr. Zakaria (Kabir Bedi), who is an associate of Isaq Khan. Reshma comes to know that Arun is alive and is in Canada.
Arun changes his identity to nuclear scientist Wahid, working at a well-known Canadian nuclear research organization. Wahid pretends to be in love with Shaheen, as he wants to become a part of Zakaria's group. He even marries Shaheen to win their trust. Reshma meets Wahid at the time of his marriage to Shaheen. Arun is very happy on seeing Reshma alive but knows that now they cannot be together, so she leaves.