Writer Sumit Arora on Border 2: ‘This was an emotional opportunity’

Updated On: 04 December, 2025 07:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Screenwriter Sumit Arora says writing Border 2 felt like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He recalls watching the 1997 film in the Meerut theatre with his father, who was a big Sunny Deol. Hence, writing the film came from a personal space for him

Sunny Deol in ‘Border 2’

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How often does one get the opportunity to write the sequel of a film that they had watched wide-eyed as a child? When screenwriter Sumit Arora was offered Border 2, the sequel to JP Dutta’s much loved Border (1997), he knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. “This was an emotional opportunity for me because we have all seen Border growing up. I have a vivid memory of watching the film in Ajanta Theatre in Meerut,” he recalls.

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