'Border 2' maker Nidhi Dutta explains why Tabu is not part of the Sunny Deol starrer

J.P Dutta's daughter producer Nidhi Dutta who is gearing up for the release of her upcoming production 'Border 2', shared why actress Tabu was not cast in the film’s 2nd part.During the film's promotions she revealed in an interview with IANS, that since 'Border 2' caters to a different battle from the 1971 war between India and Pakistan, and not the Battle of Longewala, only a few actors from the first part make an appearance in the film. In a conversation with IANS, she said, "Sunny Deol is not playing Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri in the film. You must have understood in all the assets from the film that Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri, who he played in the first film, is a different character. So obviously, the wife will also be different”.“This is a responsibility, not an idea. Our late Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, had called me and my father to Delhi a few years ago to meet. And during that time, he had given us stories of 22 such heroes, of which 3 and 4 are in this film. And he had said that these are some stories of our martyrs, of our soldiers, which have to be conveyed to the people. And he had entrusted that responsibility to me and my father. After that, of course, unfortunately, we lost him in a helicopter crash. And so I would say that this film is not just a dream of mine and my father. I think this is also the dream of late General Bipin Rawat ji. And a year and a half after his passing, when I was thinking about what we should do in the next JP films, what should we do in my father's company, at that time, out of those 22 stories, there were a few stories that are now behind me, which I added together and wrote a script for 4 of them. And that's it. 'Border 2' is in front of you."Directed by Anurag Singh, the film also stars Sunny Deol, Diljit Dosanjh, and Ahan Shetty in lead roles and will release on January 23, 2026.