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Last updated: August 14, 2025, 19:25 IST border films FASCINING FACTS: The whole country will celebrate the anniversary of the 79th Independence Day on Friday. Another wind of patriotism is felt throughout the country. The ‘Border’ film, which came on June 13, 1997, showed a different color of patriotism throughout the country. Even today, on August 15, these film songs are played in the School College program. JP Dutta directed the film. He also wrote the screenplay. The film contains Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Puneet Issar and Sudesh Berry in important roles. The story of the border film was based on the longewala war. Sunil Shetty initially refused to work in this film. When celebrated, how the most popular song of the movie ‘Sandesh Hai’ became, let us know that the interesting stories are related to this film ….. The Blockbuster film ‘Border’ in June 1997 was ready in a 10 crores budget. The film was shot in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The story, screenplay, directing and production of the film was done by JP Dutta. The film Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Puneet Issar and Sudesh Berry were in the lead roles. The story of the border film was based on the Longewala War in 1971 on the JaisArmer border of Rajasthan. The film was the biggest film in 1997. The film scored about 39 crores. Every character of the film even ended up in the minds of people today. Sunil Shetty initially refused to work in this film. This film was done at the request of her mother -in -law. In an interview, Sunil Shetty said: ‘The border was shot in Bikaner. In winter, sand was so cold that they couldn’t put their feet. Sand held in the body in the summer. I heard that JP Dutta is very strict. Let’s say anything. I felt that even after they gave 100 percent to work, if they abused me, it would not be frozen. Then he celebrated me through my mother -in -law. Then we met. I heard the story. When he went on the set on the first day, JP Ji told the song ‘Sandese Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa When the song was over, there wasn’t a single young man. Everyone remembers the house and cries in their place. Punet Issar, who works in the border film, says: ‘There was a Sikh regiment. I played the role of Subedar Ratan Singh. He was the longest young man in his regiment. When JP Dutta told me about this character, I went to the Sikh Regiment a month ago for preparation. When I wake up every morning with soldiers, running, drilling, it all became a part of my life. When JP Dutta reached there after a month, I couldn’t recognize myself. He was surprised when I introduced him to him. The music of the film was given by Annu Malik. A song from the movie ‘Sandese Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Lyricist Javed Akhtar received the Best Lyrics Award. The film was shot near Lonwala Village. Here there was a war between India and Pakistan in 1971. Very few people know that JP Dutta built the border in memory of his brother, who was a pilot in the Indian Air Force. He died in a MIG accident in 1987. This film was made about the experiences written in his diary. The film was devoted to him. The border film received three National Awards, Four Filmfare Awards. It was the highest film in 1997. The film used real weapons and aircraft of the Indian army and the Indian Air Force. The tank, Jeep, ammunition were all given by the Indian army to take the film. When JP Dutta asked permission from the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao before starting the film, he said this film should be made. Sunny Deol played the role of Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri in the film. Later he became a brigadier. Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri led the Indian army in the Battle of Lonwala. With just 120 soldiers, more than 2000 Pakistani troops and 45 tanks are successfully facing. He was awarded the Mahavir Chakra. Die film se baie gewilde liedjie ‘Sandesh Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Javed Akhtar en die regisseur JP Dutta bereik skielik eendag Annu Malik se huis. Javed asked Annu Malik to notice the song. Javed kept saying, ‘Messages come, let’s suffer, tell me the wind that passes, I’ll do so much work, go to my village …’. Annu Malik understood that this song is like a story. 15 pages were filled while writing the song. Suddenly, composer Annu Malik made the tune ‘messages, we suffer, letters come, she asks …’ What was it then. Both JP and Javed jump happily. Mathura Das was played in the film by Sudesh Berry. In the film he goes to Sunny Deol to ask for a holiday. This small role has become very popular. In a scene of the film, the struggle of Sudesh Berry from Sunil Shetty is shown. The success of the border film affected JP Dutta the most. JP Dutta couldn’t make such a movie again. In 2018, he told one of his interviews that the success of “border” became a frustration for him. This film has had so much success that people did not pay attention to other films. First Published: August 14, 2025, 16:34 IST HOME CENTORY THISMENT SUNIL SHETTY INITIALLY DISCOUNT THE Border film, like this ‘Made’ Message song