MUMBAI: JP Dutta's Border released in 1997 and set the template for war movies for years to come to the extent that even the filmmaker couldn't escape its shadow.
In an earlier interview, he admitted that he is 'hurt' by how successful the film became, because that is all he is remembered for, while the rest of his filmography is essentially ignored. As the audiences are waiting to watch war movies Sidharth Malhotra-starrer Shershaah and Ajay Devgn-led Bhuj: The Pride of India, read on to know what JP Dutta said about his movie.
Asked about Border's enduring popularity, he shared, "Border gives me a little frustration. Because I've done so many films over the years, but I'm only known for Border. That hurts."
When it was brought up that the film is played on TV every Independence Day, he said, "See, this hurts me. You don't talk about LOC: Kargil. This hurts me, because I worked the hardest on that film, very, very hard. And to actually take a decision that I will not cut down the film from four hours to three hours, in itself was a huge decision that I had to make, commercially, because of the fact that I had met every officer's parents, who had died, who were alive. Met them, spoke to them, about their child... And after having met all of them, I did not have the heart to cut them out of the film... This is what hurts me; Border, Border, Border, Border, but what about LOC: Kargil."
Credits: Hindustan Times
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