Muzaffar Ali whose last feature film was the Shabana Azmi-helmed 1986 drama Anjuman on the life of Chikhan weavers in Uttar Pradesh, is now all set to return to his favourite location—the Awadh districts of Uttar Pradesh—for a period film set in 1877. It’s a story of a <em>tawaif</em> and a <em>nawab</em>. But it isn’t a sequel to <em>Umrao Jaan</em>, as reported widely.

Having directed his last film Umrao Jaan in 2006 with Aishwarya Rai, J P Dutta has announced a sequel to his war film <em>Border</em>. Tentatively titled <em>Border 2</em>, Dutta has retained Suniel Shetty from among the stars in the original. While a new addition has been made by way of inducting model turned actor Muzammil Ibrahim, other performers are yet to finalised. It is however learnt that the sequel will not be in continuation of the original though it will be an out-and out war film.