1971

Six years after the 1971 war, Indian POWs are moved to Chaklala in Pakistan. Major Suraj Singh and the other officers discuss the camp's good facilities, noting a relative comfort compared with earlier jails. The 1965 POWs, in contrast, have gone insane with despair.

An army truck arrives with Ram, Gurtu, and Colonel Puri. The prisoners steal a guard's wallet and obtain a Pakistani ID card on the way, helping them blend in. They realize they are less than 200 km from the Indo-Pak border.

Colonel Shakoor informs that all POWs will be repatriated. He also allows Indian POWs to watch any movie, a small privilege that hints at the camp being easier than expected.

During the movie day, Ahmed steals a newspaper and discovers that the supposed repatriation is a lie designed to hide Indian prisoners from the Red Cross. He begins to organize an escape plan with the others.

The prisoners forge fake IDs and obtain Pakistani uniforms to blend in. They stage the Ghazal singer's appearance during a camp celebration as a cover for their escape.

As the celebration unfolds, Ahmed sacrifices himself by blowing up the ammunition room and the electrical room. The five escapees, using their disguises and the singer as cover, slip away while the singer is allowed to go.

The five fugitives hide their identities as they move away from the camp and the search escalates. The Pakistani authorities begin a massive manhunt, insisting the men are common criminals rather than Indian POWs.

Jacob, wounded during a hideout, shoots himself rather than be captured. Ram shoots Shakoor and then detonates a grenade on himself to destroy several pursuit vehicles, aiding his comrades.

A Pakistani human rights leader and the Red Cross arrive to investigate the missing POWs but are blocked from finding any results. The singer is revealed to be part of a Pakistani human rights commission and reports the deception to its leader.

Kabir loses a leg while driving a captured motorcycle and suffers frostbite as they push toward the border. He dies peacefully in his sleep as the group nears India.

Suraj is shot and killed just as they are about to cross into India, and his body is taken away by Pakistani troops. Gurtu is recaptured by the Pakistanis offscreen.

In 2007, an elderly Gurtu tends five mounds of earth in the prison yard and places flowers on them. He reads Major Suraj Singh's prison diary and explains that living without hope is impossible. He reveals that there are still 54 Indian POWs from 1971 held in Pakistani jails, last seen alive in 1988.