Reflecting on his career-defining role in the 1997 war film “Border”, Suniel Shetty admitted he would have eagerly returned for the sequel had his character, Bhairon Singh, not been killed in action.
Shetty, however, remains connected to the franchise in a unique way as his son, Ahan Shetty, is part of the ensemble cast of “Border 2”.
The 64-year-old actor on Monday evening attended the launch of the track “Jaate Hue Lamhon”, a remake of the song from the original album of the war drama. The track features in "Border 2", which is set to be released in theatres on January 23.
“Border 2” is directed by Anurag Singh and brings back Sunny Deol alongside a host of new cast, which includes Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh and Shetty’s son Ahan Shetty.
"Border", which was inspired by real events from the 1971 India-Pakistan war, featured Shetty as Captain Bhairon Singh, a battle-hardened Indian Army officer martyred towards the end of the film.
Reports suggest Suniel may appear in a digitally de-aged cameo alongside original co-stars Akshaye Khanna and Sudesh Berry in the sequel.
“I will never forget this film (Border)… When I was offered this character, I was scared as I felt would I be able to play this character because playing a reel life character is easy but essaying a real-life character is very difficult," Suniel said.
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"When I got my death sequence, I was very happy. When you die for the country, it feels good. But for the first time, I felt that if I was alive in 'Border', then I would have become part of 'Border 2'. I always had this itch to wear the uniform,” Shetty added.
Shetty said he is indebted to the filmmaker for giving Ahan an opportunity after his debut in the 2021 film “Tadap”.
The actor said people assume his son would automatically get work because he is Suniel Shetty’s son, but that's not true.
Describing the film as “incredibly special”, Ahan grew emotional and expressed gratitude to his parents and co-actors.
Produced by Bhushan Kumar, J.P. Dutta and Nidhi Dutta, the sequel is presented by Gulshan Kumar and T-Series in association with J.P. Dutta's J.P. Films.
"Border 2" also stars Mona Singh, Sonam Bajwa, Anya Singh and Medha Rana in pivotal roles.
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