Finally watched it
Woh mitti ke bete....My review
Border 2 is a Semi-fictional War Drama based on the 1971 Indo-Pak War being fought on multiple fronts. It's a tale of sacrifice, brotherhood, family, bravery & Patriotism. It follows the template of its revered predecessor where the Soldiers personal lives are as much the focus as the actual War.
Varun Dhawan has the best character arc in the film. He gets to play an academy trainee, a husband and a Major and the director is invested in showing this growth and transformation. While he shines in the earlier two roles...as a Major he's sort of a mixed bag. Doing some scenes well and some not too well. He does get his chance to show his range in the pre climax and this is where he delivers.
Diljit is effortless, a complete natural. He lights up the screen everytime he's on it but his screen time is a bit limited. Impactful nonetheless.
Aahan is raw but the effort is visible. It doesn't help that he's been given the weakest role as a Navy Captain which doesn't add to the story.
The supporting cast does well. Mona Singh was the most impactful in her brief role in my opinion.
While everyone gets their time in the sun, make no mistake, this is a Sunny Deol movie Out and Out and he delivers bigtime. The film opens with him, goes to Interval with him and ends with him. Contrary to the trailer, Deol is a lot more subdued in this one compared to the original, for a valid reason, no spoilers, shout out to Paramvir Cheema, but he does get to do Vintage Sunny Deol in a few scenes. The Jurrat one is my favorite, Instant goosebumps. The pain in his and Mona Singh's eyes is visible throughout the film.
The emotional quotient of this film is very high, meant to melt the coldest hearts. Highly unlikely anyone walks away without getting teary eyed. The hand to hand combats are done very well, the VFX/CGI not so much especially the Naval parts which sucks for Ahaan. While the script of Border 2 has been with Nidhi for 10+ years, the film itself was planned and released within a year's time but something of this scale requires atleast 2 years for post production. Another negative is the cinematic liberty taken where the director deviates quite a bit from the historical events. Kler, played by Deol, won 4 important battles in the liberation of Bangladesh but he never fought alongsidd Dhaiya, played by Varun Dhawan as shown in the film. The original was historically very accurate depitcing the Battle of Longewala, where a small battalion of a 100 men did defend a post against a tank regiment of 5000 men. The Srinagar Airbase battle led by Sekhon(Diljit) is accurate though.
But these minor things hardly matter to the general audience. Anurag keeps things tight and interesting, except for a brief period in the 2nd half and manages to touch your heart strings.
Border 2 is not a technical marvel, and it doesn't pretend to be. While some action scenes are brilliantly executed, it's more concerned with showing us the human side of these soldiers. The soldier isn't the only one fighting a battle, so is his family at home and perhaps, just perhaps, a much harder one.
The film will stay with you long after its over. A worthy successor to the Iconic Border and an Ode to our fallen soldiers. If you feel like watching an old school Bollywood human drama with tons of emotion, brilliant music(mitti ke bete ♥️), fiery dialogues and intense action, go for Border 2. Just bring some tissues!!!
Chaukhat pe diye jalte hi rahe, Kuch Ram kabhi laute hi nahi!!🪔
Jai Hind!!!🫡🫡🫡
4.5/5
Edited by Sorry_Bol - 21 hours ago
But overall thumbs up I liked the film had some good moments, some good acting from everyone also made me emotional in many scenes 
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