Border Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War |
| Release date | June 13, 1997 |
| Running time | 2hr 50min |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Suniel Shetty Jackie Shroff Akshaye Khanna Puneet Issar Sudesh Berry |
| Directed by | J. P. Dutta |
| Screenplay by | J. P. Dutta |
| Produced by | J. P. Dutta Bhanwar Singh |
| Cinematography by | Ishwar R. Bidri Nirmal Jani |
| Edited by | Deepak Wirkud Vilas Ranade |
| Music by | Songs: Anu Malik Score: Aadesh Shrivastava |
| Production Company | J. P. Films |
| Distributor | J. P. Films |
Border Movie Cast & Characters:
- Sunny Deol as Maj. Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, MVC
- Jackie Shroff as Wing Commander Andy Bajwa
- Suniel Shetty as Assistant Commandant Bhairon Singh, BSF.
- Akshaye Khanna as 2nd Lt. Dharamvir Singh Bhan
- Rakhee Gulzar as Sujatha Devi, Dharamvir’s mother
- Pooja Bhatt as Kamla Sodhi, Dharamvir’s fiancée
- Tabu as Yamora Kaur Chandpuri, Kuldeep’s wife
- Puneet Issar as Subedar Ratan Singh
- Sudesh Berry as Naib Subedar Mathura Das
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Cook Havildar Bhagiram
- Sharbani Mukherjee as Phool Kanwar, Bhairon’s wife
- Amrit Pal as Kamalnath Sodhi
- Hemant Choudhary as P.D. Somesh Uttam
- Sanjeev Dabholkar as a Pakistani soldier
- Sapna Bedi as Roopali
Storyline:
The year is 1971 when the Pakistani Army is at war with the Indian Soldiers. The Indian battalion is posted in Longewala region in Punjab and are just 150 in number while the Pakistani Army consists of 2000 armed soldiers with tanks. This movie is a landmark in Hindi Cinema and watch how the drama unfolds and the Indian soldiers fight for the pride of their motherland. Commendable performances from Jackie Shroff, Sudesh Berry, Sunil Shetty and Sunny Deol and excellent acting by Akshay Khanna.
Border Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | ₹10 crore (estimated) |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹65.57 crore (estimated) |
Border Movie Tracklist:
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humein Jab Se Mohabbat | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik | 07:33 |
| 2 | Hindustan Hindustan | Shankar Mahadevan, Sonali Rathod, Kulbhushan Kharbanda | 08:12 |
| 3 | Sandese Aate Hai | Roop Kumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam | 10:19 |
| 4 | Mere Dushman Mere Bhai | Hariharan | 10:15 |
| 5 | To Chaloon | Roop Kumar Rathod | 08:21 |
About Border Movie:
Border is a Hindi epic action thriller war film written, produced, and directed by J. P. Dutta. Set during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the film is based on the events of Battle of Longewala (1971). It stars Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Akshaye Khanna, Sudesh Berry and Puneet Issar alongside a supporting cast including Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Tabu, Raakhee, Pooja Bhatt and Sharbani Mukherjee.
Border was Dutta’s dream project. He had begun working on the film’s script in September 1995 and completed it by April 1996. The film was mostly shot in Bikaner, Rajasthan. Some parts were also filmed in Jodhpur.
One of the film’s songs, “Sandese Aate Hai”, sung by Sonu Nigam and Roop Kumar Rathod, became one of the most popular Hindi songs. The popularity of the song led several directors to offer Nigam for singing in their film’s songs. Javed Akhtar wrote the lyrics of the songs while Anu Malik composed them. The song “Mere Dushman Mere Bhai” was sung by Hariharan.
During production and filming, both the Indian Army and Air Force provided vehicles, rifles, and machine guns as well as uniforms and tactics used by the Pakistani Army during the Battle of Longewala.
The film was released worldwide on 13 June 1997 with positive reviews from critics and garnered critical acclaim for its story, execution, scale, showing off battle, direction, screenplay, performances and soundtrack. It opened to strong box office results, had a final domestic net total of ₹394 million (US$4.7 million) and was declared an all-time blockbuster by Box Office India.
It also became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 1997 in India, but if according to worldwide, it was the second highest-grossing film of the year behind Dil To Pagal Hai. Border grossed a worldwide total of ₹655.7 million and it was the fourth biggest blockbuster film of the 90s decade. The film won several awards at different award functions.
It received 11 nominations at the 43rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for J.P. Dutta and Best Actor for Sunny Deol. Other nominations included Best Supporting Actor for Suniel Shetty and Akshaye Khanna, and Best Supporting Actress for Raakhee. It won four Filmfare awards including Best Director for J.P. Dutta and Best Male Debut for Akshaye Khanna. It also won three National Film Awards: Best Film on National Integration, Best Lyricist for Javed Akhtar, and Best Playback Singer (Male) for Hariharan.
On 15 August 2017, commemorating with the 70th Indian Independence Day, the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and the Ministry of Defence jointly presented the Independence Day Film Festival, where the film was screened retrospectively for its continued classic popularity and completion of 20 years.
In 2013, it was announced that J.P. Dutta would undertake sequels to Border and that Border 2 would star Sangram Singh and Nafisa Ali’s son Ajit Sodhi. On June 13, 2024, after 27 years Sunny Deol announced the sequel on his Instagram account.
