1971: Beyond Borders
1971: Beyond Borders | |
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Directed by | Major Ravi |
Written by |
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Produced by | Andrew Johnson |
Starring | |
Narrated by | Gopi Sunder |
Production company | Red Rose Creations |
Distributed by | Red Rose Release; Singapore: Singapore Coliseum |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
1971: Beyond Borders is a 2017 Indian
Dialogues were written by
Plot
The film starts in
The story shifts to 1971 when
Later, the Indians launch a full offensive against the Pakistanis in which one of their best tank commander Chinmay is martyred. On seeing Chinmay's face, Raja remarks that such a young boy had destroyed six tanks. He declares ceasefire to let the
Cast
- Mohanlal in a dual role as
- Colonel Mahadevan (Son)
- Major Sahadevan (Father), later Brigadier (Major Hoshiar Singh Dahiya), The Grenadiers regiment
- Arunoday Singh as Pak Lieutenant colonel Muhammed Akhram Raja sharif (Major Shabbir Sharif)
- Poona Horseregiment
- Lieutenant ColonelJanardanan
- Deepak Jethi as Pak Colonel Ajmal raja (Akhram Raja's son)
- Asha Sarathas Parvathy Sahadevan, Sahadevan's wife and Mahadevan's mother
- Priyanka Agrawal as Sharif's wife
- Srushti Dange as Chinmay's wife
- Sudheer Karamana as Captain Aadhiselvam
- Jayakrishnan as Captain Anand
- Saiju Kurup as Gunner Nathan
- Padmaraj Ratheesh as Gunner Prayag
- Krishna Kumar as Havildar Sudharshan
- Manikuttan as Soldier
- Pradeep Chandran as Radio operator Abhinand
- Kannan Pattambi as Kunjikannan
- Devan as IB Director Nair IPS
- Souparnika Subhash as Nurse Fathima
- Neha Khan as Public Relations Officer
- Zoya Zayed Khan as Pakistani doctor
- Balaji Sarma as Sahadevan's friend
- Krishna Prasad as Sahadevan's friend
- Meghanathan as Sulaiman, Sahadevan's friend
- Kollam Thulasi as Sahadevan's friend
- Shaju Sreedhar as Chandru, Sahadevan's friend
- Manuraj as Geethanandhan, soldier
- Sudheer Sukumaran as Maj.GeneralBalukha Khan
- Vijayan Peringode as Krishna Pillai
- Sethu Lakshmi as Sahadevan's mother
- Saranya Anand as Military nurse
- Shone George as Soldier
- Tini Tom as soldier
Production
Development
The film is set in two time periods, with Mohanlal playing both Colonel Mahadevan and his father Major Sahadevan (later brigadier) . The film will also see his transition from a Major to a Colonel. The film is based on a true incident and explores the friendship and life of two army officials. Mohanlal will be appearing in his fourth film as Mahadevan after Keerthi Chakra (2006), Kurukshetra (2008), and Kandahar (2010). Ravi said in an interview in October 2015, that unlike the previous films in the series, Beyond Borders will be more like his last military film Picket 43 (2015), that "the focus will be on the individuals rather than the war, and will portray the relationships that are forged during the war".[3] Rahul Subramaniam, Siddharth Vipin, and Najim Arshad is composing the music for the film.
In early August 2016,
In early December 2016, it was confirmed that the production team negotiated with
Filming
The filming commenced on 31 October 2016 at Suratgarh in Rajasthan, India.[14] Art director Saloo K. George built huge sets resembling army camps and bunkers. Built in Kochi, Kerala, they were transported to Rajasthan. The filming was conducted in the deserts of Rajasthan, the Viper population was highest in that area, the crew unaware of it first, immediately ordered antivenoms and worn heavy shoes on reaching the location. Chest congestion often occurred to the crew.[15] Sirish joined filming on 5 November 2016. Indian army base in Arjungarh, Junagarh and Mahajan in Bikaner were some of the filming locations in Rajasthan.[16][17] After 25 days of filming, the schedule was wrapped on 23 November 2016.[18] There was also a schedule in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[19]
The next few schedules underwent at various location in Kerala, beginning in Pattambi, Palakkad district. The Indo-Pakistani war sequences were planned to shoot at Uganda,[15] later they decided to film it in Georgia instead, following the Kerala schedule. After finishing in Pattambi, they shifted to nearby Ottapalam in early January 2017.[17] Then to Perumbavoor, Ernakulam district in the third week of January 2017, where sets were built resembling North Indian borders and warfare trenches. It was constructed in a 40 acre reclaimed land near Perumbavoor. Mohanlal joined the location on 16 January 2017, filming held during day and night.[20]
The team began filming its final schedule in Georgia on 31 January 2017 for a week. Beyond Borders is the first Malayalam film to be shot in the
Music
The film will feature four songs composed by three music directors—
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Performer (s) | Length |
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1. | "Oruvakkinal Vida" | Nikhil S. Mathattil | Rahul Subrahmanian | Swetha Mohan | |
2. | "Pesipokuthu" | Mohan Rajan | Siddharth Vipin | Vipin Lal, N. K. Priyanka, Meenakshi Ilayaraja | |
3. | "Armaan Hasare" | Kamal Karthik | Najim Arshad | Hariharan, Chorus (Arshad, Vipin, Shyam) | |
4. | "Sarhade Layi" | Kamal Karthik | Najim Arshad | Najim Arshad, Vipin Xavier | |
5. | "Dooreyaavani" | Jyothish T. Kassi | Siddharth Vipin | Vipin Lal, Merin Gregory, Sithara | |
6. | "Oruvakkinal (R)" | Nikhil S. Mathattil | Rahul Subrahmanian | Swetha Mohan, M. G. Sreekumar | |
7. | "Dooreyaavani (R)" | Jyothish T. Kassi | Siddharth Vipin | Vipin Lal, Sahana, Sithara |
Release
1971: Beyond Borders released on 7 April 2017 in India.[25] The Telugu dubbed version titled Yuddha Bhoomi (Battlefield) was released on 29 June 2018. The Tamil version was released later. The film released in its original version on 13 April 2017 in GCC countries. The television broadcast right of 1971: Beyond Borders was bought by Amrita TV for an amount of ₹5.5 crore.[26]
See also
- List of films about 1971 India-Pakistan war
References
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- ^ a b Alexander, Princy (12 December 2016). "A shoot amid hidden dangers". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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- ^ a b Sundar, Mrinalini (14 January 2017). "Siddharth Vipin's next is a war-based film". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ Mathrubhumi (17 January 2017). "This reclaimed land in Perumbavoor is the Indo-Pak border in Mohanlal film". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ സ്വന്തം ലേഖകൻ (31 January 2017). "ബിയോണ്ട് ദ് ബോർഡേർസ് ജോർജിയയിൽ ചിത്രീകരിക്കുന്ന ആദ്യമലയാളചിത്രം". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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External links
- 1971: Beyond Borders on Facebook
- 1971: Beyond Borders at IMDb