Following the huge success of ‘Gadar 2’ in 2023, Sunny Deol is set to star in ‘Border 2’. The original film, directed by JP Dutta, was released 27 years ago and was a massive hit.
Sunny announced ‘Border 2’ on June 13 with an Instagram post. In the accompanying video, the actor states in a voiceover that he is returning to fulfill the promise he made two decades ago.
He shared in the caption, ‘Ek fauji apne 27 saal purane waade ko pura karne, aa raha hai phirse. India’s biggest war film, #Border2.’
‘Border 2’ is being produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, JP Dutta, and Nidhi Dutta. The film will be directed by Anurag Singh, who previously directed Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Kesari’. He has also directed Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Punjabi film Punjab ‘1984’, and the first two films of the Punjabi romcom franchise ‘Jatt & Juliet’.
About original ‘Border’
The original film featured an ensemble cast including Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Akshaye Khanna, Tabu, Rakhee, Pooja Bhatt, among others. There were rumors of Ayushmann Khurrana being part of Border 2, but his name was not included in the initial announcement. The 1997 film was based on the Battle of Longewala during the India-Pakistan war of 1971. The premise of ‘Border 2’ has not yet been announced by the makers.
According to the initial announcement, the film will include a revamped version of ‘Sandese Aate Hain.’ The song is featured in the Instagram post, which also tags lyricist Javed Akhtar, original music composer Anu Malik, and singer Sonu Nigam. Javed won the National Film Award for the song’s lyrics. The original song also featured Roop Kumar Rathod's vocals, but he was not nominated for many awards for the song. Nigam had expressed his grief about this in the past.
In a previous conversation with podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, Sunny mentioned that ‘Border 2’ was initially planned in 2015 but was shelved because his films were not doing well at the time.
‘We wanted to do this even earlier. I remember in 2015… But then my film didn’t work. So people were scared to make it. Now everyone wants to make it,’ he said.
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