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Paltan

Paltan

1967 A True Story That Was Never Told

20186.22h 3m

Overview

A war drama based on the Indo-China War of 1962, JP Dutta's "PALTAN" focuses on the hard-hitting truth of India's relations with China, and how it is important to acknowledge that China, an enormous power in world politics, poses to be a huge threat to India.

Directed by J. P. Dutta
Written by J. P. Dutta
Produced by J. P. Dutta, Shariq Patel
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Top Cast

Arjun Rampal

Arjun Rampal

Lt. Col. Rai Singh Yadav

Jackie Shroff

Jackie Shroff

Maj. General Sagat Singh

Sonu Sood

Sonu Sood

Maj. Bishen Singh

Sonal Chauhan

Sonal Chauhan

Maj. Bishen Singh's Wife

Esha Gupta

Esha Gupta

Lt. Col. Rai Singh Yadav’s Wife

Gurmeet Choudhary

Gurmeet Choudhary

Capt. Prithvi Singh Dagar

Harshvardhan Rane

Harshvardhan Rane

Maj. Harbhajan Singh

Siddhanth Kapoor

Siddhanth Kapoor

Hawaldar Parasar

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Luv Sinha

2Lt. Attar Singh

Rohit Roy

Rohit Roy

Maj. Cheema

Themes & Keywords

indian army1960ssino-indian warindochina war

About Paltan

Paltan is a war, drama, action film released in 2018 exploring themes of indian army, 1960s, sino-indian war, indochina war. Directed by J. P. Dutta, it stars Arjun Rampal, Jackie Shroff, Sonu Sood. A war drama based on the Indo-China War of 1962, JP Dutta's "PALTAN" focuses on the hard-hitting truth of India's relations with China, and how it is important to acknowledge that China, an enormous power in world politics, poses to be a huge threat to India.

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