All three Khans had rejected 'Border', did not want to work in a patriotic film at any cost, you will be shocked to know the reason

Border: There is no dearth of successful and excellent directors in Bollywood, one name in the list of these excellent directors is J. Also belongs to P. Dutta. He has entertained the audience by making many wonderful films one after the other. But today he is best remembered for the hit war-drama movie 'Border'. 'Border', which came in the 90s, was such a hit on the screen that many records of that time were broken. You must have also seen this film. But do you know that the offer of this super duper hit film was rejected by some well-known stars of the film industry.

Border proved to be a blockbuster

This film was a super duper hit at the box office and was the second highest grossing film of 1997. Made for Rs 10 crore, this film was a huge success at the box office and broke many records of that time by earning Rs 66 crore. This film based on the war between India and Pakistan in 1971 was full of stars. Big names like Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Akshay Khanna, Sunil Shetty, Tabu, Rakhi and Pooja Bhatt were in important roles in the film. But despite being the first choice of the makers, some big stars rejected this movie.

He rejected the role of Dharamveer Singh

Although Akshay Khanna played the role of Dharveer Singh very well in the film (Border), but let us tell you that Akshay Khanna was not the first choice of the makers for this role. Actually, this role was first offered to Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Ajay Devgan but all of them refused it. If reports are to be believed, Salman rejected this film because he did not want to work in such a film. Aamir Khan was working in some other movie at this time, so he refused to work in it. However, later when this role went to Akshay, he made the most of this opportunity.

Sanjay Dutt had also rejected Border

Jackie Shroff, who was seen as Wing Commander Andy Bajwa in the movie (Border), was also not the first choice of the makers. In fact, Sanjay Dutt was first approached for this role. But in those days, Sanjay was very busy in court cases due to which he refused to do this role and later this role was offered to Jackie Shroff.

He had rejected the role of Captain Bhairav ​​Singh Rathore

According to some media reports, Sanjay Kapoor and Armaan Kohli were first discussed for the role of Captain Bhairav ​​Singh Rathore shown in the movie (Border). However, both of them refused to do this role due to different reasons. But Sunil Shetty did not let this opportunity slip away and breathed life into this role by playing the role of Captain Bhairav ​​Singh Rathod in the movie (Border).

Juhi Chawla had rejected the offer of this role

You must have seen Tabu in the film (Border) but let us tell you that before Tabu, Juhi Chawla was approached for the role of Major Kuldeep Singh's wife but she rejected this offer because of the small role in the film. However, later this role was played by Tabu.