Border 2, sequel for the evergreen classic Border is racing for a grand release on 23 Jan 2026.
The film stars Varun Dhawan in the lead role while Sunny Deol,Ahan Shetty, Diljit Dosanjh, Medha Rana, Mona Singh, and Sonam Bajwa are playing important roles in the film.
Now, Javed Akthar speaking to scribes shared why he refused to write songs for the sequel. He said They did ask me to write for the film but I refused. I really feel this is a kind of intellectual and creative bankruptcy. You have an old song, which did well, and you want to put it out again by adding something? Make new songs or else accept that you cannot do the same level of work.”
He continued “Whatever is bygone, let that be. What is the need to recreate it? We had a film before us also, which was Haqeeqat (1964). And its songs were not ordinary ones. Be it ‘Kar chale hum fida’ or ‘Main yeh sochkar uske dar se utha tha’. Those were such brilliant songs, but we didn’t use them. We wrote new ones, we made absolutely different songs, and people liked them too. You are making a movie again, so create new songs. Why are you depending on the past? You have accepted that we can't do it. We will live with the past glory.”