This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 men crossed the "Line of Control" that separates the two locations. Taliban and Pakistani soldiers took over the area, blocking the main road that linked the regions. Standing their ground, Indian soldier drove them away, but not without losing more than 400 of their own men first.

Ajay Devgn
as Capt. Manoj Kumar Pandey

Sanjay Dutt
as Lt. Col. Yogesh Kumar Joshi

Suniel Shetty
as Rfn. Sanjay Kumar

Abhishek Bachchan
as Capt. Vikram Batra

Saif Ali Khan
as Capt. Anuj Nayyar

Akshaye Khanna
as Lt. Balwan Singh

Sanjay Kapoor
as Maj. Deepak Rampal

Manoj Bajpayee
as

Rani Mukerji
as Hema

Kareena Kapoor Khan
as Simran Kaur