The movie is an adaptation from real life events that happened at the battle of Longewal fought in Rajastan. “Border’, based on 1971 Indo Pak war, was the highest grossing movie of 1997. This song is from the movie ‘Border’, that nearly matched the impact of ‘Haqeeqat’. The situation is enacted by Sunil Shetty & Sharbani Mukherji. This song brings out the dilemma and the anguish of the soldier who is newly married, and is supposed to leave immediately to fight for his country. This is a moving song sung by Roop Kumar Rathod, set to music by Anu Malik, with Lyrics by Javed Akhtar. It is about a soldier having to separate from his sweetheart, in this case his newlywed bride, to answer the call of duty. In this movie theere was a very touching Mohammad Rafi song Main ye soch kar uske dar se uthaa thaa that brought out the trauma of soldiers living far away from their beloved. The first one that left lasting impact was Chetan Anand’s “ Haqeeqat”, based on 1962 Indo- China war. There have been Hindi movies on the theme of actual wars fought by Indian Defence forces post independence, with semi fictional narratives woven around those wars. If this article appears in sites like and etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of and is a punishable offence under the existing laws. This article is written by K Satish Shenoy, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
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