Sunny Deol will be reprising his iconic role from JP Dutta’s 1997 war epic, ‘Border’. Today, the actor shared the announcement video on his Instagram account, much to the delight of his fans. ‘Border 2’ is directed by Anurag Singh.
In the video, he says, “27 saal pehle ek fauji ne vada kiya tha ki vo vapas aayega. Ussi vaade ko poora karne, hindustan ki mitti ko apna salaam kehne, aa raha hai (Twenty-seven years ago, a soldier made a promise that he would return. To fulfill that promise, to salute the soil of India, he is coming).”
Border 2 Announcement by Sunny Deol
The new video has Sunny’s narration saying, “27 years ago, a soldier promised to return. To fulfil this promise and pay his respects to Indian soil, he is returning.”
Details Touted as India’s biggest war film, the announcement video ended on the note of Roopkumar Rathod and Sonu Nigam‘s iconic song “Sandese Aate Hain” from the first film.
Ek fauji apne 27 saal purane waade ko pura karne, aa raha hai phirse.
India’s biggest war film, #Border2 🇮🇳Produced by Bhushan Kumar , Krishan Kumar, JP Dutta & Nidhi Dutta will be directed by Anurag Singh #TSeries #JPFilms pic.twitter.com/u1J7KtlHx8
— Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) June 13, 2024
In his caption, Sunny also detailed that the film will be produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, JP Dutta and Nidhi Dutta and directed by Anurag Singh. Anurag has directed films like Dil Bole Hadippa!, Jatt & Juliet, Punjab 1984 and Kesari.
Reaction of Fans
Fans React to the announcement, designer Manish Malhotra commented with a heart eye emoji. Suniel Shetty commented with a red heart emoji while Esha Deol responded with a heart and arms emoji.
One fan wrote, “Can’t wait!” while another commented, “So happy and excited to have my childhood back.”
As soon as the post was shared, fans couldn’t stop expressing their excitement and happiness over the announcement. One fan wrote, “Wow this is a great announcement Sir Ji Jai Hind…”
Another wrote, “Wow can’t wait, super excited,” and a third wrote, “The last box – Fatnewala’s Office film is his first action directorial and so excited…sunami/tabahi/bollywood will be happy @iamsunnydeol Border 2 will be a new film soon too.”
Jackie Shroff Celebrates 27 Years of Border
To celebrate the 27th anniversary of Border’s release, Jackie Shroff shared a video on his Instagram stories listing some insights from the film. He also tagged Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, Pooja Bhatt, Akshaye Khanna, Tabu and JP Dutta and added #27yearsofborder.
The film is remembered not only for its storyline and stellar performances by actors like Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, and Akshaye Khanna, but also for its hit soundtrack, including the popular song “Sandese Aate Hai”.
Directors Bhushan Kumar, JP Dutta and their team are all set to make India’s biggest war film
Exclusive details about Border 2’s release
Notably, the makers have yet not revealed details about the rest of the cast, Pinkvilla informed last year in October about Ayushmann Khurrana being in the advanced stages of the film. Sunny will reprise his part as Major Kuldip Singh Chanduri.
Bringing exclusive deets on its release, it was last month we revealed that producers Bhushan Kumar, JP Dutta, and Nidhi Dutta are targeting a Republic Day 2026 release for Border 2.
“Border 2 is targeting to hit the big screen on Friday, January 23, 2026 – leading to the Republic Day holiday on Monday, January 26, 2026.
