The story begins in 1996 when Colonel Sodhi now 70 visits his sister and her family However even after over half a century the nightmares of his intense battle and its aftermath often return to haunt him Old Sodhi and young Amar begin to bond and Sodhi accompanies Amar to Burma Myanmar for an assignment from BBC to shoot a documentary on the students against the Military Junta for freedom and democracy In Singapore Sodhi visits the places which bring back the memories of him as a Lieutenant in the British Indian Army Lt Sodhi meets a beautiful photographer Maya who inspires him to change Sodhi falls in love with Maya who joins the Indian National Army Old Sodhi lands in Burma with Amar and is welcomed by an Indian girl Rani They accidentally get caught in the student protest and firing by the Military Junta to suppress the student agitation When the soldiers of the Military Junta get rough and violent with Amar and Rani old Sodhi is suddenly transformed into the young LtSodhi and kills the two Burmese soldiers to defend his groupOld Sodhi and his groups escape from the Burmese soldiers runs parallel to the attack by the British bombers on LtSodhis unit In 1944 the Indian National Army tired hungry cold feverish sick had reached Imphal to defend it against all the odds piled heavily against them In a school set up by Ranis grandmother Old Sodhi finds the photograph of Maya and realizes that Maya has been dead Old Sodhi finally redeems himself by helping his young group safely cross over from Burma into India and keep his promise to Maya that he would one day return to Burma to find her and be with her when his body is blown by the Burmese soldiers to ashes and glory