India, Jan. 23 -- Few Bollywood sequels have the same level of pressure as Border 2. The movie does more than simply capitalise on the nostalgia of the 1997 hit. It's a return to one of the most significant periods in India's military history. Taking over from J. P. Dutta, director Anurag Singh is crafting a narrative that draws inspiration from the 1971 India-Pakistan war, which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh. The question of whether Border 2 is based on a true story has, of course, also begun to follow the movie everywhere. Let's dive in.

The short answer is that Border 2 indeed draws heavily from real events. A spiritual sequel to the original, it has a lineup of characters that appear rooted in actual figures and documented a...