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New Delhi:
Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan, who is currently prepping for “Border 2”, honored the “real heroes” of India on Army Day on Wednesday.
Varun shared two pictures of himself with the soldiers on Instagram. One image also showed the “Baby John” star posing with soldiers next to a tank.
“Honoring the real heroes of India on this #ArmyDay. Proud to be with him. #Border2 #prep,” he wrote as the caption.
Army Day is celebrated every year on 15 January in India. This is in recognition of Lieutenant General Kodandera M. Cariappa, who later became a Field Marshal, taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Francis Roy Butcher. Last British Commander-in-Chief of India on 15 January 1949.
The day is celebrated with parades and other military shows in the national capital New Delhi as well as at all the headquarters.
On the acting front, Varun will next be seen in “Border 2”, which also stars Sunny Deol, Diljit Dosanjh and Ahan Shetty.
Directed by Anurag Singh, the film is the sequel to the 1997 film “Border”, an epic war film based on the events of the Battle of Longewala (1971). Directed by JP Dutta, the film is set during the India-Pakistan war of 1971.
It stars Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Akshaye Khanna, Sudesh Berry, Punit Issar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Tabu, Rakhee, Pooja Bhatt and Sharbani Mukherjee.
“Border 2” is backed by a powerhouse production team of Bhushan Kumar, Krishna Kumar, JP Dutta and Nidhi Dutta. Presented by Gulshan Kumar and T-Series in association with JP Dutta’s JP Films and directed by Anurag Singh, the sequel is set to carry forward the legacy of the iconic original while delivering a grand cinematic experience.
‘Border 2’ seems to be based on the 1999 Kargil war. In early 1999, Pakistani troops intruded across the Line of Control (LOC) and occupied Indian territory, mostly in the Kargil district.
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