Meanwhile, in Delhi, Kohli finally persuades the minister to let him help the Indians.Īmrita talks Ranjit out of feeling low and he visits the docks where he finds an Indian ship which will set sail, carrying junk. While Ranjit is very upset, George accuses him of not delivering but Amrita scolds George and tells him the fact that Ranjit is trying to help everyone and not just himself and his family shows he's remarkable. No ships carrying supplies can enter or leave. Just then, the UN announces sanctions on Iraq. Everyone packs and gets into buses to leave. Reaching back, they give this news to the camp, which is overjoyed. But Ranjit meets Iraq's foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, who says the Indians can leave on supply ship Tipu Sultan coming soon. In Baghdad, they pass Saddam Hussain's iconic statue and find the Embassy cannot help them. Ibrahim goes with him and they stop on the way at a local hospital where Ibrahim searches for his newly-wed missing wife, a nurse who has vanished. Ranjit visits his Baghdad contacts to find a way out. Kolhi's own father remembers the helplessness faced by them when exiting Lahore. Ranjit contacts MEA official Kohli (Kumud) in Delhi who tells him to try his contacts while he persuades the minister to help the Indians. Ranjit goes to the Major who tells him smoothly he'd forgotten to mention Saddam Hussain had allowed Indians to leave.īut as most of the Indians don't have their passports, given to labour agents, they are stuck. They are taken away by their officer but leave the camp totally shaken. She says she will stay in their house, not in the crowded camp as the Major has promised them personal safety.īut one day, the camp is raided by Iraqi soldiers who loot supplies and jewellery and molest Mehr Poonawala, a young girl there. Ranjit presents Major Halaf whisky and requests permission for an Indian camp, which is allowed in a school building where desperate crowds flock, including the sour, complaining George (Prakash) and Kurien's quiet store in-charge Ibrahim (Purab) who tries to look after a single mother Tasneem (Feryna) - and discovers she's Kuwaiti.Īmrita is very angry with Ranjit for wasting time and energy on all this instead of leaving with her and Simu. Ranjit meets his desi friends in Kurien's supermarket and tells them all the Indians staying together and pooling resources is much safer than small, isolated groups. He tells Major Halaf he will pay for these five to leave Kuwait and the Major demands five million dollars.īut the numbers of Indians sheltering in Ranjit's office grow as people bring friends and relatives and the Indian Embassy exits, leaving Indians helplessly stranded in the war zone. He goes to get Nair's wife and daughter who also move into the office. He finds Amrita and Simu have taken refuge with the entire office staff. He is frantic and reaches his office after driving through ruins, explosions and rubble. Ranjit reaches home, dazed and shocked, and finds the house has been wrecked and his family is missing. The embassy official tells him to bring his family there.īut looting Iraqi soldiers have just entered Ranjit's home. Ranjit goes to the Indian Embassy where he's told even the airport has been captured.
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Halaf tells Ranjit his business partner has been brutally murdered - he's hung on a crane outside the palace window - but Ranjit can be safe and gives him a sticker for free passage through the city, with the understanding that Ranjit will help Iraq. Ranjit is spared when Iraqi Major Halaf (Inaamulhaq) recognises him from an earlier trip to Iraq.
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He goes to the palace with Nair but they are stopped on the streets, full of soldiers looting and shooting people, and Nair gets shot. Ranjit wants to get his family out to London and is busy making calls to the Sheikhs - but discovers the entire Kuwaiti overnment has run away. Suddenly, an explosion rips through a labour camp and Iraq, using tanks, rockets and troops, invades Kuwait. Ranjit and Amrita leave their little daughter Simu at home and go partying where Ranjit impresses all with his song and dance. Ranjit's happy with his comfortable life in Kuwait although his wife Amrita (Nimrat) scolds him for drinking too much.
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Ranjit loves making money and dislikes India, as he tells his driver Nair, who wants to take his four-year-old daughter to see their homeland.
It's 1 August, 1990, and rich Indian-origin businessman Ranjit Katyal (Akshay) is firming up a deal with Kuwait's ruling Sheikhs.