BORDER
(1997)
Language - Hindi
(Indian)
Genre - Action, War
Director - J.
P Dutta
*ing - Sunny
Deol (Major Kuldip Singh), Sunil Shetty (Capt Bhairon Singh), Akshay Khanna (Lt
Dharamveer)
PLOT
The year is 1971, India and Pakistan are in the boiling
point of war. Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri is asked to take the command of 23rd
Battalion of Punjab Regiment and is assigned to the military post of Loungewala.
The higher officials believe that the enemy would try to attack only through
Sangawala posts and so gives only 120 men to the Major. The Army takes over the
post of Loungewala from Border Security Force and allowed Captain Bhairon Singh
with some of his men to remain back as they had good knowledge of the area, as
the Indian Army is developing the fortress, the mechanized infantry of the
enemy attacked them. Major Kuldip Sing and his men must defend the Pakistani
Regiment till dawn to get support from Air Force.
Border is a
1997 war movie directed by J. P Dutta and dedicated it the memory of his
brother Sq. Ld. Deepak Dutta. The movie is very well designed according to its
war genre it has all the elements to raise the patriotic feelings. As it uses
mostly the real Hawker Hunter Aircrafts, jeeps, arms, and ammunition which give
more genuine feel while watching it. Even if it is a quite lengthy movie doesn’t
make any kind of lag due to its actions and song.
It was based on the real-life
incident of the Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri who defended the Indian Posts from
Pakistan attack. In actual incident India had lost only two of his men, while
it has been exaggerating casualties for dramatic purposes. All the songs in the
movie are good and the song “Sandese Aate Hai” become a big hit and Sonu Nigam
becomes a household after it.
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