As Border (1997) completed 27 years of its release on June 13, it served as the perfect opportunity for leading man Sunny Deol and the makers to announce its sequel. Border 2 became a star-studded affair as Varun Dhawan and Diljit Dosanjh joined director Anurag Singh’s war drama in the following weeks. With the cast finalised and recce completed, it will soon be time for the on-screen jawans to go to the battlefield. mid-day has learnt that Singh is planning to kick off the shoot from November 25 in Jammu and Kashmir, and has charted out a five-month straight schedule up to March 2025.

JP Dutta with daughter Nidhi