Border (1997 film)

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Border is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language epic war film written, produced and directed by J. P. Dutta. The film stars Sunny Deol in the leading role, alongside an ensemble cast including Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, and Akshaye Khanna. The movie also features Puneet Issar, Sudesh Berry, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Tabu, Pooja Bhatt, Rakhee Gulzar, Sharbani Mukherjee, Sapna Bedi, and Rajiv Goswami in pivotal roles. Set during the India–Pakistan war of 1971, the film is based on the events of the Battle of Longewala, a major engagement fought in the western sector of the conflict. Sunny Deol portrays Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, the Indian Army officer who led a company of Indian soldiers, tasked with defending Longewala against a large-scale Pakistani offensive. 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. The background score of...

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