Cast: Sunny Deol (Dharmendra’s son), Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, Ahan Shetty, Mona Singh, Sonam Bajwa, Anya Singh Directed by: A...
Cast: Sunny Deol (Dharmendra’s son), Varun Dhawan,
Diljit Dosanjh, Ahan Shetty, Mona Singh, Sonam Bajwa, Anya Singh
Directed by: Anurag Singh
Director Anurag Singh (Kesari 2019) delivers a big
screen war spectacle drama keeping it simple and yet hard hitting. Yes he had
to live up to the expectations of the 1997 monster hit Border and he makes sure
that the audience is thoroughly engaged in the 199 minute proceeding. He
peppers the film with mass appealing moments and clap worthy dialogues. The
film is a totally commercial potboiler with humour thrown in the National War
Academy sequences and also is laced up with emotional sequences. War portions
in the climax, keep the audience intrigued and glued to their
seats. The film could have been trimmed to about 150 minutes and could
have done away with the female characters.
It’s 1971 where a crisis situation leading to war
arises between India & Pakistan. Lt. Col. Fateh Singh Kaler (Sunny Deol)
who was the trainer at the National War Academy holds up at Munawar Tawi in
Jammu & Kashmir. He is joined by the trio of thick friends from the academy
Maj. Hoshiar Singh Dahiya (Varun Dhawan) of Indian Army who takes charge of his
contingent in the Jammu sector, Flying Officer Nirmajit Singh Sekhon (Diljit
Dosanjh) of the Indian Airforce who returns to his base at Srinagar and Lt.
Cdr. Mahendra S Rawat (Ahan Shetty) of the Indian Navy goes aboard a warship
near the coast of Gujarat. They were trained at the academy by Lt. Col. Kaler.
Since most of the forces were sent to East Pakistan, the armed forces were much
less in the Western border. The havoc starts when the Pakistani army tries to
cross the border at Jammu- Kashmir, Rajasthan and Punjab.
Sunny Deol (credited as Dharmendra’s son God knows
why) is in his elements- shouting as only he can and mouthing patriotic lines.
Varun Dhawan is the scene stealer and delivers a heart winning performance.
Diljit Dosanjh plays his lovable self while Ahan Shetty is overshadowed by the
other three actors. Among the female actors Mona Singh as Simi, Kaler’s wife
has the maximum role and puts up a fine performance. Sonam Bajwa as Sekhon’s
wife (who was just got married to him when he had to return to war) is lovely
in a cameo. Debutant Medha Rana as Dhanvanti, wife of Dahiya gets slightly more
footage after Mona Singh. Anya Singh as Rawat’s wife has nothing to show.
As in Border, here too the music is the high point
with Ghar kab aaoge, Jaate huye lamhon and Tara rum pum creating an impact. The
VFX leaves a lot to be desired, but the action sequences are well designed by
the action directors.
Just like Gadar 2, Border 2 will be lapped up by
the audience because of its patriotic fervour and massy dialogues.
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