Border (1997 film)

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Border
Directed by	J. P. Dutta
Produced by	J. P. Dutta
Written by	J. P. Dutta, O. P. Dutta
Starring	Sunny Deol Sunil Shetty Akshaye Khanna Jackie Shroff Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Music by	Anu Malik
Distributed by	Venus Records and Tapes Pvt. Ltd.
Release date(s)	13 June 1997
Running time	213 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi, English
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Border is a 1997 blockbuster Bollywood war film based on the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. J. P. Dutta directed and produced this war epic which stars Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Pooja Bhatt, Sharbani Mukherjee and Tabu.

The movie won numerous awards including Best Film at the Filmfare awards. Director J.P.Dutta won Best Director at the same award function while his father O.P.Dutta won Best Dialogues.

The movie is an adaptation from real life events that happened at the Battle of Longewala fought in Rajasthan (Western Theatre) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and Bangladesh Liberation War. It is about how a band of 120 soldiers of the Punjab regiment of the Indian Army headed by Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri successfully defended their post all night against a whole Tank regiment of the Pakistani Army, until assistance came from the Indian Air Force the next morning. The fim was critical and commercial hit in India.

1 Cast
2 Awards
3 Soundtrack
4 Trivia
5 See also
6 External links

Cast

Sunny Deol - Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri
Jackie Shroff - Wing Commander Andy Bawa
Suniel Shetty - Captain Bhairon Singh, B.S.F.
Akshaye Khanna - 2nd Lt. Dharam Vir Bhan
Sudhesh Berry - Subedar Mathura Das
Puneet Issar - Subedar Ratan Singh
Rakhi - Dharam Vir's mother
Pooja Bhatt - Kamla (Dharam Vir's fiancee)
Tabu - Kuldip Singh's wife
Sharbani Mukherjee - Bhairon Singh's wife

Awards

Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Film: Border
Winner: Filmfare Award for Best Director: J.P. Dutta
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Supporting Role: Suniel Shetty
Winner: Filmfare Award for Best Newcomer Role: Akshay Khanna
Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Actor: Sunny Deol

Soundtrack

Music Label: Venus Records and Tapes
Music Director: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar

List of songs and singers:

Hamein Jab Se Mohabbat - Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
Hindustan Hindustan - Shankar Mahadevan, Sonali Rathod
Ke Ghar Kab Aaoge - Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod
Mere Dushman Mere Bhai - Hariharan
To Chaloun - Roop Kumar Rathod

Trivia

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The film was shot on location in the desert near Bikaner where the set for the Longewala Border Security Post was put up atop a sand dune for the Indian Army portion of the film and also in Jaisalmer where the Indian Air Force portion was shot. The equipment, ammunition and weapons were all actual Indian Army equipment that were used by the Filmmakers.
J. P. Dutta's brother was an Indian Air Force pilot who died in a MiG crash in 1987, the film is dedicated to him. While making the film, Dutta referred to diaries he had written at the time about his brothers experiences .
The movie shows many soldiers including B.S.F. Captain Bhairo Singh and Second Lt. Dharam Vir being killed. However, in real life, the Defenders at Longewala lost only 2 soldiers in the battle.