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Many films are released at the box office some of which become hits and some flop. But today we are going to tell you about a film released 25 years ago which earned many times more than its budget but despite this it is still counted in the list of flop films. Abhishek Bachchan was seen in this film. Have you seen this film? Here we are talking about the film Refugee released in the year 2000 which was a romantic drama film. This film was made by the famous director J.P. Dutta. Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor started their film career with this film. People saw the pair of them on screen for the first time and liked it very much. In the story of this film the countrys borders and the feelings of love were shown in a very different way. Its story was different from common films which attracted a lot of attention. In this film Abhishek Bachchan played the character of Manvendra Nath who helps refugees and takes them across the India-Pakistan border. Kareena Kapoor played the character of Nazneen Ahmed a Pakistani girl. Apart from these two big actors like Jackie Shroff Anupam Kher and Sunil Shetty also appeared in the film. All the actors played their roles so honestly that the audience connected with them but still the film was labelled a flop. The story of this film is set during the Bangladesh war of 1971. The film shows how people cross the border and settle in India and Pakistan and Manvendra helps them. Meanwhile he meets Nazneen and they fall in love with each other. But their love is not easy as they face the borders between the two countries social restrictions and family. The story shows a combination of patriotism struggle and love. According to media reports the budget of this film was around Rs 15 crore and it earned around Rs 35 crore at the box office. Still it is considered the biggest flop film of the box office. However the film was highly praised for its songs cinematography and direction. Especially the acting of Abhishek and Kareena was highly praised. Refugee became a film which proved to be a failure even after getting success due to its different style.