- Border movie is a 1997 History + war film based on the Battle of Longewala during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, producer and directer is J. P. Dutta. The film starred an multi-starrer cast of Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Akshay Khanna and Jackie Shroff in main roles. The film is an adaptation from real life events that happened at the Battle of Longewala during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
- Border movie was J P Dutta’s dream project. J P Dutta had Started working on the film’s script in September 1995 and completed it by April 1996. The film was mostly shot in Bikaner, Rajasthan with a budget of Rs.100 million. Some parts were also filmed in Jodhpur. One of the film’s Famous songs, “Sandese Aate Hai”, sung by Sonu Nigam, became one of the most popular Hindi songs. The popularity of the song led several directors to offer Sonu Nigam for singing in their film’s songs. Javed Akhtar wrote the lyrics of the songs. The song “Mere Dushman Mere Bhai” was sung by Hariharan.
- This film was released worldwide on 13 June 1997 with positive reviews from mainly all critics and garnered critical acclaim for its story, showing of the battle, direction, screenplay, performances and soundtrack. It opened to strong box office results, had a final domestic nett total of Rs.394.5 million and was declared an all time blockbuster by Box Office India. It also became the highest-grossing Bollywood 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 Rs.659.2 million.
- The Border movie won several awards at different award functions. It received 11 nominations at the 43rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Actor for Sunny Deol, Best Supporting Actor for Suniel Shetty and Akshaye Khanna, and Best Supporting Actress for Raakhee, winning four including 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.
- Even today, Border is remembered for its highlights, anti-war message, scenes and performances. It is also still counted among the top 5 best films of the 1990s. On 15 August 2017, commemorating with the 70th Indian Independence Day, the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense jointly presented the Independence Day Film Festival, where the film was screened retrospectively for its continued cult classical popularity and completion of 20 years.
- Director : J. P. Dutta
- Producer: J. P. Dutta
- Screenplay: J. P. Dutta
- Starring: Sunny Deol,Sunil Shetty,Akshaye Khanna,Raakhee,Jackie Shroff,Tabu,Sudesh Berry,Pooja Bhatt,Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Puneet Issar
- Music: Anu Malik
- Score: Aadesh Shrivastava
- Cinematography: Ishwar R. Bidri,Nirmal Jani
- Editor : Deepak Wirkud
- Distributor: J. P. Films
- Genre: Action, War, History, Drama
- Release date: 13 June 1997
- Running time: 177 minutes
- Country: India
- Language: Hindi
Pre-Production and Production
- Sanjay Dutt, who was signed for the film, was later replaced by Jackie Shroff, due to the former’s jail sentence. Juhi Chawla was offered Tabu’s role, but declined it as she did not want to play a small role. Manisha Koirala was signed for the film, but later opted out. Shahrukh Khan Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and Saif Ali Khan were all approached for Akshaye Khanna’s role, but Salman Khan said he was not ready for the film; Aamir Khan, that he was busy with Ishq, Saif Ali Khan and Kumar declined for the unknown reasons, while Devgn declined as he does not feature in a multi-starrer. Sunil Shetty declined the first time he received the offer, but he agreed to play the role when approached again. Sanjay Kapoor and Armaan Kohli were approached for Bhairon Singh’s role when Shetty declined the role the first time.
- Aashif Sheikh was signed for the film, but was later replaced Sudesh Berry. J. P. Dutta originally wanted Sonali Bendre for Sapna Bedi’s role, but things couldn’t worked out at that time. Aamir Khan was the original choice for Dharamvir’s role.
- During production and film shooting, 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. T-55 tanks resembling Chinese origin Pakistani Type-59s, weapons of the 70’s era like Bren machine guns and SLRs as well as Air Force Planes like Hawker Hunters and MiG-21s were shown. All the actors especially Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna and Jackie Shroff were nostalgic and felt elated and honored to be a part of such an epic war movie. After filming completed, director Dutta said, “Border has a gigantic canvas on which I have tried to bring some real life characters alive. It was shot on actual locations in the deserts of Rajasthan. For me, Border was like fighting a war.”
Border Movie Star Cast
- Sunny Deol as Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri
- Jackie Shroff as Anand “Andy” Bajwa
- Suniel Shetty as Bhairav Singh
- Akshaye Khanna as Dharamvir
- Puneet Issar as Rattan Singh
- Sudesh Berry as Mathura Das, a naib subedar.
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Bhagheeram, a havildar and cook.
- Tabu as Yamora Kaur Chandpuri, Kuldeep’s wife who is lovingly and caretaking.
- Pooja Bhatt as Kamla “Kanu” Singh, Dharamvir’s love interest and fiancèe.
- Raakhee as Mrs. Sujata Devi, Dharamvir’s mother who is blind and widowed.
- Sharbani Mukherjee as Phool Kanwar/Mrs. Singh, Bhairon’s pregnant wife with whom he is in love with.
- Arvind Trivedi as Rauf Rahmani, a Pakistani army commander
- Hemant Choudhary as P.D. Somesh, an Indian Air Force Officer
Border Movie Awards
45th National Film Awards :
- Best Film on National Integration…..J. P. Dutta
- Best Lyrics…………………………………….Javed Akhtar (“Sandese Aate Hai”)
- Best Male Playback Singer……………Hariharan (“Mere Dushman”)
43rd Filmfare Awards :
- Best Director………….J. P. Dutta
- Best Lyricist……………Javed Akhtar (“Sandese Aate Hai”)
- Best Action……………..Bhiku Verma and Tinu Verma
- Best Debut (Male)…..Akshaye Khanna
- Best Film………………..J. P. Dutta
3rd Star Screen Awards :
- Best Male Playback Singer…………Sonu Nigam and Roop Kumar Rathod (“Sandese Aate Hai”)
- Best Film and Best Director…………J. P. Dutta
- Best Lyricist………………..Javed Akhtar (“Sandese Aate Hai”)
Border Movie Song and Music
The music of the movie was composer is Anu Malik, while the lyricist is Javed Akhtar. “Toh Chalun”, song singer is Roop Kumar Rathod became a memorable song. To this day, the songs of the film are not only popular in India, but also in Pakistan. Javed Akhtar won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist, while Anu Malik was nominated for Filmfare award for his work in composing the music of this movie.
List Of Song and Singer :
“Humein Jab Se Mohabbat”………..Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
“Hindustan Hindustan”………………..Shankar Mahadevan, Sonali Rathod, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
“Sandese Aate Hain”…………………..Roop Kumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam
“Mere Dushman Mere Bhai”………..Hariharan
“To Chaloon”……………………………….Roop Kumar Rathod
Border Movie Review
This movie is Highly Critical acclaim and appreciated by critics and known as a one of the best war movie of Bollywood in Indian Cinema and over time became cult classic Movie.
Border Movie Box Office Collection
INDIA
| Schedule | Amount (in Crores) |
|---|---|
| First Day Friday | 1.12 Crores |
| First Weekend | 3.23 Crores |
| End of Week 1 | 6.19 Crores |
| Lifetime Collection | 39.46 Crores |
| Border movie verdict | Blockbuster |
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