Agnipankh is an Indian film directed by Sanjiv Puri released in 2004.

Synopsis

This is a tribute to the Indian Air Force

Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...

. The protagonist is an IAF fighter pilot and womanizer named Siddhart

Jimmy Shergill

Jasjit Singh Gill , popularly known as Jimmy Shergill , is an Indian actor.-Early life:Shergill was born in a Jatt Sikh family in Gorakhpur, India and studied there till 5th Grade in St. Paul's School. Then, his family shifted to Patiala...

. His rival and colleague is another fighter pilot named Sameer. The other pivotal character is Rahul Dev

Vishal

Vishal may refer to:* Vishal , a common given Indian name, from Hindi/ Sanskrit, meaning massive, pertaining to dimensions and hence strength.People:* Vishal Arora, Indian journalist* Vishal Bhardwaj, Indian music composer...

  who is their superior officer. Nupur (Divya Dutta

Divya Dutta

Divya Dutta is an Indian actress from Ludhiana, Punjab, India who appears in Hindi and Punjabi films.- Career :She did her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent, Ludhiana...

) is Vishal's newly married wife. Anjana

Shamita Shetty

Shamita Shetty is an Indian actress. She is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.- Early life :Shamita is the second and youngest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty...

 is a tomboyish female combat chopper pilot who is secretly in love with Sameer. Surbhi

Richa Pallod

Richa Pallod is an Indian model and film actress who has featured in regional Indian films. After appearing as a child artiste, she appeared in an award-winning role in Nuvve Kavali, her first film in Telugu. She has appeared in several low-budget Hindi films with her most notable appearance being...

 is a wealthy socialite who loathes flying but falls for Siddharth. However, Sameer falls for Surbhi while being unaware of Anjana's love for him.

The soap opera motif is quickly dispensed with when Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i forces led by their military dictator invade Kashmir

Kashmir

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...

, sparking off the Kargil War

Kargil War

The Kargil War ,, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control...

 and resulting in the Indian Air Force

Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...

 being deployed. Some of the pilots die while others are captured by the enemy. Siddhart and Sameer become POW

Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...

's in enemy territory. They meet Vishal, who was presumed dead, but was, in fact, hiding from enemy soldiers. They escape imprisonment and head towards India through the jungle with Pakistani Rangers

Pakistan Rangers

The Pakistan Rangers are part of the Paramilitary forces of Pakistan, and consists of members of the Pakistan Army under the direct control of the Ministry of the Interior of the Pakistan Government. The Rangers are an internal security force with the prime objective to provide and maintain...

chasing them for the kill.