BORDER -2 : Are we Anti-national ??

Shameful , shameful , shameful : Just the way this film has been made is enough to destroy the legacy Border had created . Blatent emotional and nostalgia bating , cash grab schemes like these need to be stopped or else producers will get a wrong signal of going ahead with such contect that will destroy Bollywood .

THE PREMISE:

After the teaser of Border-2 was released , everyone who has some commonsense would've realised how bad the VFX and the technicality was in the film and how gimmicky they had presented reel life interpretations of real life heros . But still their fake PR and MARKETING campaigns promoted it's hype as a blockbuster , legacy hierarch and so on . Here itself I had understood that T-series is going to destroy the legacy of the original film by promoting that ill made product as a successfull one . But we waited hoping that the trailer might do some justice .

As expected the trailer too turned out to be a disaster watch where they thought that increasing the brightness of the overall premise will cover the VFX gap and make it look beautifull and realistic . But the audience has some sense , they called it out so badly and the heat of the fall was burnt out on Varun Dhawan and his smile .

Still the audiences had some hope that the film might end up having some good parts that succeed it's prequel but the makers had other plans....

A CASH GRAB LIE :

The film starts off with Sunny deol's action sequence which is 90% a body double and feels so gimmicky and laughable as opposed to be a patriotic one . Vfx felt a bit improved but wait untill you see Mr. Ahan Shetty's navy fight sequences , they are worse than that of PUBG and FREE FIRE . All waterborn action sequences and setpieces seemed to be a cheap green screen job . A reviewer shan prasher got messages and screenshots of people from the VFX team confessing how pressurized they were at the end moment with rapid changing of shots and 12-14 hrs of extra work . Some of them even confessed that the script itself was not finalized till the very 20th of Jan .

Now when does all this happen ?

Only when you are NOT CONFIDENT of the product you are serving.

All patriotic dialogues sound funny , all action scenes feel forced and for that matter THE 3HR 20MIN runtime of the film has 1hr 40 min of just ROMANCE .

Very surprisingly Varun Dhawan feels best of the lot because Sunny Deol has done everything except acting in the film . Seeing his vocal cords burst out made me feel werid down my throat after a point .

PR: THE CHERRY ON TOP :

Now when a 250 cr budget film mounted on an expectation to atleast earn 50 cr on its opening day considering sequel value flops badly , the only option makers can resort to is PR - PR - PR .

Attached are the screenshots of blatent paid reviews from those hypocrite reviewers who would've otherwise thrashed this film if it was not for the box office .

To be very honest , the man sitting besides me in the theatre during this film was more entertaining than the film itself .

If such a PR CAMPAIGN is called out too , then the last resort which the makers have is :

INFLATION OF BOX OFFICE COLLECTIONS.

The makers have shown a 2 crore inflation in collections despite knowing that the films morning shows got majorly cancelled due to unavailability of the FINAL PRINT .

The film had just around 30 % hindi occupancy and a total NBOC of 30 cr . As reported by a very trusted source : https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=http://sacnilk.com/quicknews/Border_2_2026_Box_Office_Collection_Day_1%3Fhl%3Den&ved=2ahUKEwijv-zW26OSAxVbzjgGHTDtF60QFnoECCEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1flFilLjxhDWbY_dXorU2R

CONCLUSION :

Films like border 2 are entirely mounted upon nostalgia bating and when the nostalgia factor itself dosen't hit right , the film tanks terribly . This film lacked BASIC technicalities that are required for a war film , right from gun handling to waterborn action set pieces and the worst part is it will still be portrayed as a success which is just very scary for bollywood .

Where films like DHURANDHAR raise the bar , Films like Border-2 shut it down to ZERO .

Border 2 isn’t just a bad sequel — it’s a dangerous template. A template that tells producers that nostalgia + aggressive PR + inflated numbers can replace craft, conviction, and competence. This film doesn’t fail because expectations were high; it fails because the basics were ignored. When a war film gets gun mechanics wrong, VFX laughable, emotions forced, and patriotism reduced to loud dialogues and slow-motion shots, it stops being cinema and becomes content farming.

The real tragedy isn’t that Border 2 collapses under its own weight — it’s that it may still be marketed as a “success.” And if that narrative is allowed to pass unchecked, Bollywood isn’t just lowering the bar; it’s burying it. Nostalgia deserves respect, not exploitation. Legacy deserves evolution, not cash grabs.

Cinema survives on honesty.

Border 2 survives only on noise.

THANK YOU .