Produced at a budget of ₹45 crore (a massive sum at the time), the film featured an ensemble cast of over 30 Bollywood stars — from Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn to Saif Ali Khan, Suniel Shetty, and Abhishek Bachchan. Dutta, known for his war epics ( Border ), filmed extensively in actual Kargil locales.
The Indian military provided technical assistance, including actual Bofors artillery and INSAS rifles for authenticity. Critics noted that while the battle scenes were grounded in research, the sheer volume of characters sometimes made the narrative feel like a documentary rather than a structured film. Beyond LOC: Other Significant Kargil Movies loc kargil movies