Varun Dhawan has been making headlines for quite some time for his back-to-back powerful projects. Now adding to the list is Sunny Deol’s Border 2. Dhawan will be seen as ‘fauji’ in Deol’s anticipated movie Border 2. Sharing the news on Instagram, Sunny welcomed the actor onboard. It is the sequel to the 1997 hit film Border. The movie was then directed by JP Dutta and turned out to be the cult movie of Indian Cinema. Deol shared a video on Instagram which had a voiceover of Varun Dhawan voicing patriotic lines. Sunny captioned, “Welcoming Fauji @varundvn to the Battalion of #Border2.” 

Netizens Reactions

After the announcement was made on social media, people shared their views on Dhawan’s casting in Border 2. A user said, “Varundvn ko nahi lena tha is movie me ye to over acting ki dukan hai.” “Is movie ka asli Hiro Sunny paaji he vrun ko nhi Lena chahiye tha,” said another user. A fan said, “Welcome VD.” 

A comment read, “Varun ko hatao sidharth malhotra Vicky kaushal Akshay Kumar Arjun rampal John Abraham vidyut jamwal akhil akkineni yeh cast honi chahiye border 2 main.” “Agar varun dhawan iss film mein nahi hootah toh main nahi dekhtha 😂 arey merekoh chodo koi bhi nahi dekhtha.” said another user. A user said, “Please cast vidyut jamwal.” “Can't wait @iamsunnydeol,” said a fan. 

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Border 2 is scheduled to be released in theatres on 23rd Jan 2026. The movie has been directed by Anurag Singh. As per reports, the movie was also approached to popular actors like Ayushmann Khurrana and Diljit Dosanjh. The reports suggested that they were in talks with the makers. However, no official confirmation has been made by the makers or by them. Vinali Bhatnagar and Nitish Nirmal’s names are also featured in the list of cast.