MAA TUJHHE SALAAM ( WE SALUTE TO OUR MOTHERLAND)
RELEASE DATE-25-1-2002

     LIVE AND LET LIVE IS OUR PHILOSOPHY OF LIVING AND THE WHOLE OF THE WORLD IS OUR FAMILY AND IT IS OUR CONCEPT OF BROTHERHOOD.
     BUT, SADLY AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES ALWAYS TAKE IT AS OUR WEAKNESS FORGETTING THE HISTORY THAT WHENEVER ANY COUNTRY DARED TO PUT ITS UNHOLY FOOT ON OUR HOLY SOIL WITH BAD INTENTIONS, WE BROKE THEIR FOOT.
    FILM… “MAA TUJHHE SALAAM” IS ALSO THE DEPICTION OF SUCH PRE-KARGIL WAR-MISADVENTURE OF ONE OF OUR NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.

    THIS IS THE STORY OF AN INDIAN MILITARY OFFICER, MAJOR PRATAP SINGH (SUNNY DEOL) WHO ABORTED A VAST TERRORIST INFILTERATION ATTEMPTS OF AN ENEMY COUNTRY SINGLE HANDEDLY WITH HELP OF A LOCAL CIVILIAN (ARBAZ KHAN) AT THE MOUNTAIN RAVINES AREA NEAR THE BORDER OF KASHMIR. ZHONABAD IS THE NAME OF AN AREA WHICH IS SITUATED AT THE HIGH ALTITUDE MOUNTAIN RAVINES NEAR THE BORDER OF THE COUNTRY.

 

IN THIS AREA A MAN CALLED LALA LIVES.SINCE HIS ANCESTORS WERE THE LANDLORDS OF THIS AREA BEFORE INDEPENDENCE, LALA IS VERY INFLUENTIAL AND RESPECTED PERSON OVER THERE. BUT BEHIND THE CURTAIN HE IS AN AGENT OF AN ENEMY COUNTRY. HE HELPS THAT COUNTRY IN INFILTERATION OF TERRORISTS AND AMMUNITION THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASS  KNOWN TO HIM AND HIS MEN ONLY. BECAUSE IN THE WINTER SEASON THE WEATHER CONDITION OF THIS AREA BECOMES UNFIT FOR THE HUMAN BEINGS, ALL INHABITANTS OF THE AREA SHIFT TO OTHER PLACES FROM THERE. LALA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION.

  ALBAKSH IS AN ILLITERATE PERSON. HE WORKS LIKE A SLAVE FOR LALA WITHOUT KNOWING THAT LALA IS ANTI NATIONAL. HE IS LALA’S MAIN HENCHMAN.
  ONE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CAPTAIN SONIA GIVES A PIECE OF INFORMATION TO MILITARY ABOUT THE ANTI NATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF LALA & ALBAKSH. BUT, MEANWHILE ALBAKSH COMES TO KNOW THE REAL MOTIVE OF LALA’S ACTIVITIES. HE OPPOSES AND BECOMES ENEMY OF THE LALA. LALA FRAMES AND PORTRAYS ALBAKSH AS A TRAITOR AND TERRORIST IN THE EYES OF LAW. THE POLICE ARRESTS HIM AND PUTS HIM BEHIND BARS.
  MAJOR PRATAP MEETS ALBAKSH. ALBAKSH TELLS HIM THE PLANNING OF A VAST TERRORISTS INFILTERATION INTO THE COUNTRY THROUGH ZHONABAD. SINCE THE TIME IS NOT ENOUGH FOR INDIAN MILITARY FORCE TO REACH ZHONABAD AND STOP THE INFILTERATION, MAJOR PRATAP DECIDES TO FIGHT THE BATTLE ALONE WITH THE HELP OF ALBAKSH AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE. ONCE AGAIN THE HISTORY OF BRAVERY AND PATRIOTISM IS WRITTEN WITH THE BLOOD OF MAJOR PRATAP AND ALBAKSH AND THE ENEMY IS DEFEATED BY THE INDIAN ARMY.
JAI HIND-VANDE MATARAM- “MAA TUJHHE SALAAM”
STAR CAST: DIRECTED BY - TINU VERMA
SUNNY DEOL- (MAJOR PRATAP SINGH) PRODUCED BY- MAHENDRA DHARIWAL
TABU- (CAPT. SONIA KHANNA) MUSIC: SAJID-WAJID
ARBAZ KHAN- (ALBAKSH)
MONAL- (NARGIS- ALBAKSH’S BELOVED)
TINU VERMA- (LALA SULTAN)
MALAIKA ARORA KHAN
RAJAT BEDI
INDER KUMAR