Varun Dhawan is all set to feature alongside Sunny Deol in Border 2
Popular young actor Varun Dhawan has just signed the biggest film of his film career and probably the biggest Indian war film ever. After doing a variety of action, comedy, and romantic films, Varun will now wear the army uniform for the first time in his movie career.
Border (1997) is an epic war film based on the Battle of Longewala (1971) during the Indo–Pakistani War of 1971. The film starred an ensemble cast of Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Rakhee Gulzar, Pooja Bhatt, Tabu, Puneet Issar, Sudesh Berry and Khulbushan Kharbanda among others. The film was helmed by J. P. Dutta who is highly known for directing epic war films.
Border 2 is a sequel to the 1997 blockbuster film Border
Released on 13 June 1997, Border received positive reviews and widespread critical acclaim. It remained the most popular Indian film throughout the year and emerged as a blockbuster at the box office. It was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1997. Besides the film won several awards.
Now, in 2024, the makers of Border are planning the sequel of their blockbuster film. Sunny Deol will return to headline the project once again. And, this time, several young actors from the new generation have been approached for the lead characters of the movie. Sunny Deol who will feature as an Indian army officer in Border 2 will have a team of 5-6 army officers with him. For the same, many young actors have been approached to join the cast. But a few actors are insecure about playing the second lead or an insignificant role.
Varun Dhawan earlier in a social media post shared his excitement about joining the cast of Border 2.
Alongside Varun Dhawan and Ayushmann Khurrana too has been approached. Several other young actors such as Ishaan Khatter, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Aditya Roy Kapur, and Vikrant Massey have been approached by the casting team of Border 2. According to the sources, the film will be shot in Mumbai, Rajasthan, Kashmir, and Delhi. Many popular young actresses are expected to come on board for Border 2. The film will be based on a true real-life military operation carried out by the Indian Army.
The development of Border 2 began following the enormous success of Gadar 2. Sunny Deol was a popular star between 1990 – 2002. His patriotic war films such as Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), The Hero (2003), and Border (1997) are some of the most treasured films based on the Indian-Pakistan war. But the actor faced a downturn from 2004 – 2022 with continuous flops and disappointing films and barely a single or two hit films in 20 years.
In 2023, Sunny Deol delivered the highest-grossing film of his career and one of the highest-grossing Hindi films ever. In 2023, Sunny Deol starred in Gadar 2, a sequel to his most loved film Gadar (2001). It’s been more than two decades and yet Gadar (2001) remains one of the most classic war films. The success of Gadar 2 proved how big Gadar was in 1997 and how Indian audiences relate to this epic movie franchise. Released in 2023, Gadar 2 became one of the fewest Hindi films to enter the prestigious 500-crore club.
Post Gadar 2, the makers of Border began the planning of Border again with the theme of India Pakistan war. Border is another classic war film by Sunny Deol that is close to the sentiments of the Indian audience. And, no doubt, Border 2 can face the same triumph fortune of Gadar 2. The shooting of Border 2 commences in November 2024. The Indian audience has finally started accepting war and films based on the Indian Special Forces. Previously, Vicky Kaushal led ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) based on the 2016 Uri Attacks that emerged as a blockbuster. Whereas, Siddharth Malhotra’s Sheershah based on the Kargil War was released on Amazon Prime due to the covid lockdown and became one of the most watched and critically acclaimed films.
Talking about Border 2, the film releases in 2026 while Sunny Deol has another big war film set to release in 2025. He will star in Rajkumar Santoshi’s war film Lahore 1947, another war film based on India–Pakistan relations. Lahore 1947 will be produced by Aamir Khan and is set to release on Republic Day 2025. Guess, Sunny Deol is exaggerating by doing only war films that are based on India and Pakistan.
Besides Varun, the makers of Border 2 earlier signed Ayushmann Khurrana as one of the male leads in Border 2. Now the makers have also signed Varun Dhawan. But some reports also suggest that Ayushmann Khurrana has walked out of the project due to other film commitments and Varun Dhawan has replaced him. However, nothing has been confirmed yet. The makers are planning a big event in Mumbai where they will officially announce the film. All the cast members, crew, and the makers of Border 2 will be present at the event. No doubt, it is going to be the biggest war film in India.
Varun Dhawan is presently shooting for his upcoming mass-action film titled ‘Baby John’. Baby John is produced by ‘Jawan’ (2023) director Atlee and is a remake of his 2016-directed Tamil film ‘Theri’ starring Vijay. Baby John is directed by Kalees and also stars Keerthy Suresh, Jackie Shroff, Sanya Malhotra, Rajpal Yadav Wamiqa Gabbi, Sheeba Chaddha besides Varun Dhawan. One of the biggest superstars of the country, Salman Khan is rumored to make a special appearance in the film.
Baby John is scheduled to be released in Christmas 2024. Varun Dhawan will have another big release before it. His debut TV show/series for Amazon Prime Video will be released in October. He will star in Amazon Prime’s Citadel: Honey Bunny, a spin-off of the Hollywood show ‘Citadel’. The series is helmed by Raj & DK and stars Varun Dhawan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Kay Kay Menon, Saqib Saleem, and Sikander Kher among others.