Sunny Deol and Varun Dhawan are gearing up for the release of their much-anticipated 'Border 2'. The film has been produced by Nidhi Dutta, who is the daughter of JP Dutta. Out of all the previous star cast, only Sunny Deol has been brought back to the second instalment of the film. Many were left surprised with Tabu's absence from the film despite playing Sunny's wife in the first part.
Now, producer Nidhi has revealed the reason behind the same. Dutta has revealed that even though the film is made under the same name and banner, the story doesn't continue from where 'Border' ended. She added that this story is totally new with Deol playing a completely new character without any co-relation to the previous one.
Why not Tabu?
Nidhi mentioned that 'Border 2' is about 1971 India-Pakistan war. "Sunny Deol is not playing Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri in the film. You must have understood in all the assets from the film that Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri, who he played in the first film, is a different character. So obviously, the wife will also be different," she told IANS.
Responsibility by General Rawat
Nidhi Dutta also revealed that General Bipin Rawat, the late Chief of Staff, had given them the story to show to the world. She called it a "responsibility" entrusted on them by General Rawat. "This is a responsibility, not an idea. Our late Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat had called me and my father to Delhi a few years ago to meet," she said.
"And during that time, he had given us stories of 22 such heroes, of which 3 and 4 are in this film. And he had said that these are some stories of our martyrs, of our soldiers, which have to be conveyed to the people. And he had entrusted that responsibility to me and my father," Nidhi further added.
