The Hero: Love Story of a Spy

"Love story of a spy"

2003 2h 40m HI

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6.2

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5.5

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★6.2TMDB · 24🥫50%Rotten Tomatoes★5.5IMDB · 2,660

ThrillerActionAdventureRomance

Synopsis

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Arun Khanna is a spy for the Indian government whose aid is enlisted to stop ISI Chief Ishak Khan. Khan is trying to build a nuclear bomb with which he can liberate Kashmir from the Indians. A battle of wits ensues. When Khan detonates a bomb at Khanna's engagement party to a fellow spy, Khanna's resolve is only strengthened. Now not only does he have to fight Khan, but he also has to track down his missing fiancee.

“Love story of a spy”

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Cast

Sunny Deol
Ajay Chakravarty/Arun Khanna/Major Ravi Batra
Preity Zinta
Reshma
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Dr. Shaheen Zakaria
Amrish Puri
I.S.I Chief Ishak Khan
Kabir Bedi
Mr. Zakaria
Parvin Dabas
Salman
Rajpal Yadav
Major's sidekick (uncredited)
Yvonne Maverick
Government Agent (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anil Sharma
Writers: Shaktimaan Talwar
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Suresh Urs shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra Jonas carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love story of a spy".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0347167 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anil Sharma directs. Suresh Urs cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Suresh Urs shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra Jonas carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Love story of a spy".
7IMDB entry: tt0347167 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "undercover agent", "secret mission", "spy", "pakistan".