Suniel Shetty Reminisces about his Shooting Days for ‘Border’

Suniel Shetty, a Bollywood actor, recalled his experience on the set of the 1997 movie “Border,” which was inspired on the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty recalled his experience on set while filming JP Dutta’s 1997 movie “Border,” which was based on the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Sudesh Berry, Puneet Issar, Tabu, Raakhee, Pooja Bhatt, and Sharbani Mukherjee were among the actors that appeared in it.

Suniel claimed that the genuine characters in the film are what he was most interested in, and whenever they were shown, he felt as though something was missing or that they weren’t being treated fairly.

The actor said, “For me, the film ‘Border’ didn’t have reel characters. They are real-life characters. I feel we can never do justice to those characters and that uniform. But somewhere, I feel that portraying them on celluloid and bringing them closer to the audience has been a small contribution towards the real-life heroes. The film makes the audience remember that the freedom we enjoy is because of our soldiers.”

Talking about the director, he said, “JP Dutta is an absolute genius as that man never looked at the monitor or through the camera, he just knew exactly where to put the block and he would just instruct the cameraman. He always knew what the frame would be. I feel we need more such directors in today’s time. He is also very spontaneous, he would improvise scenes on the spot.”

Suniel made an appearance on the singing competition show “Indian Idol 13” alongside the musical duo Salim-Sulaiman, who will be promoting their most anticipated musical “Disco Dancer- The Musical,” and he got sentimental after hearing Chirag’s performance on an intense and passionate track, “Toh Chalun,” from the film “Border.”

“Chirag’s performance took me back on the sets, you know straight back to the 90s. Both the songs are my favourites, especially ‘Toh Chalun’ from my film ‘Border.’ Chirag made the song his own and the honesty his voice embodies is very evident in his performance. He seems to be a very honest person by the way he expresses himself while singing.”

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