Refugee is a Bollywood film directed by J. P. Dutta, released on 30 June, 2000. The film marked the debut of Abhishek Bachchan, son of legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor, the sister of actress Karisma Kapoor and part of the famous Kapoor family. Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty and Anupam Kher also star. The film performed moderately well at the box office and was the fifth highest grossing film of that year.

Bihar based Manzur Ahmed, his wife, his mom, and daughter, Nazneen, decided to re-locate to East Pakistan after Hindustan was partitioned during 1948. Following the tussle between Sheikh Mujib Rehman and Pakistan's General Bhutto, which led to the formation of Bangladesh, where Manzur and several other Muslims were forced to consider to re-locate to Pakistan. In order to do this they must cross two borders, one with India and Bangladesh, and the second with India and Pakistan. The route from Bangladesh leads from Dhaka then to Guwahati then to Delhi then to Ajmer then to Bhuj, and then onto Pakistan's Haji Peer. They do get as far as Bhuj, from thereon they are assisted by Jaan Mohammad's son, known only as Refugee, who helps them trek their way across the Rann desert to Atta Mohammad's house in Pakistan. Refugee considers his clients as mere items of luggage and refuses to be emotionally involved with them. Then he meets Nazneen and he forgets this rule, and soon both fell in love with each other. Police on both sides of the border are aware of the refugee traffic and have questioned Refugee and Jaan several times in this connection. Then one day Refugee assists four men to enter the Indian side of the border. These men then enlist the help of Jaan's other son, Shadaab, to get to Delhi. Shortly thereafter explosions take place in trains, buses, and buildings. And to complicate matters even more, BSF Officer Raghuvir Singh apprehends Refugee with a load of RDX (plastic explosives). While Naaz is making preparations for her marriage with Refugee, her parents have arranged her marriage with a Pakistani Ranger Ashraf Mohammad. The question remains what will be Refugee's fate when Ashraf finds out that he is the true of his to-be wife, that is if he ever gets out of the clutches of the Border Security Force. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)