Kshatriya (film)

Kshatriya (Warriors) is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by J.P. Dutta. It features an ensemble star cast including Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Meenakshi Seshadri, Vinod Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Raveena Tandon and Divya Bharti. Sunil Dutt and Dharmendra play fathers to their real-life sons: Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol, respectively. This was Divya Bharti's last film to be released while she was alive; she died 10 days after its release.

Plot summary

The story is about two warring royal Kshatriya Rajput families in Rajasthan, India, based in Mirtagarh and Surjangarh. The Mirtagarh family head Bhavani Singh (Sunil Dutt) is killed by the Surjangarh family head Prithvi Singh (Dharmendra), which causes a bloody feud between the families, spreading over two generations.

Prithvi is sent to prison for Bhavani's murder. Bhavani's brother Jaswant Singh (Vinod Khanna) returns from England vowing to kill Prithvi when the latter is released. Prithvi's son Vinay (Sunny Deol) and Bhavani's son Vikram (Sanjay Dutt) are sent to England as children to get away from the bloody feud between their families.