‘Border Is My Aadhar Card’

IMAGE:
Sunny
Deol
in

Border
.

The
sequel
to
J
P
Dutta’s

Border

has
its
fair
share
of
controversy
surrounding
it.

“I
think
I
made
better
films,
but
it
is

Border

that
has
become
my
Aadhaar
card,”
Director
J
P
Dutta
tells

Subhash
K
Jha
.

“The
sequel
has
been
in
demand
for
many
years.
And
now
when
we
are
doing
it,
everyone
wants
to
hop
on
the
bandwagon.”

A
public
notice
put
out
by
Producer
Bharat
Shah,
who
claims
that
he
has
copyright
privileges
over

Border
,
which
released
in
1997,
and
its
sequel
which
will
take
off
later
this
year.

Speaking
on
the
legal
dispute,
J
P
Dutta’s
daughter
Nidhi
Dutta,
who
is
co-producing

Border
2
,
says,
“This
is
a
sub
judice
matter.
The
honourable
high
court
has
all
the
facts
and
has
dismissed
the
case
as
in
our
favour.”

“As
per
the
deed
of
settlement
which
is
in
place
by
the
association,
Bharat
Shah
is
first
supposed
to
pay
the
overflow
to
us
that
he
hasn’t
paid
since
27
years.
Nor
has
he
given
us
a
record
of
the
film’s
business
till
today,”
Nidhi
adds.

“That
is
why
the
settlement
states
that
we
are
not
liable
to
him
for
anything.
Only
when
he
stands
by
his
commitment
and
gives
us
our
pending
overflow
can
we
take
this
further.
Anyway,
he
has
no
part
in

Border
2
.”


Border
2

will
star
Sunny
Deol,
Varun
Dhawan
and
Diljit
Dosanjh,
and
will
be
directed
by
Anurag
Singh,
who
had
directed
the
heart-wrenching

Punjab
1984

with
Diljit.

“My
father
has
seen


Anurag
Singh’s

Kesari
,”
Nidhi
adds,
“and
feels
that
Anurag
is
the
right
director
of

Border
2
.”