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#82 Border: Top 100 Bollywood Albums

With music by Anu Malik and lyrics by Javed Akhtar, the 1997 film had some iconic songs Sandese Aate Hain and Toh Chalun. Directed by JP Dutta, Border was based on the 1971 India-Pakistan War

Vipin Nair

Movie Details of Border

Music: Anu Malik

Lyrics: Javed Akhtar

Label: Venus

Director: J. P. Dutta

Anu Malik may have won his National award in 2000 for Refugee, but his best work for director J P Dutta happened in their first film together, three years before that. Border focussed on the hardships faced by soldiers at war, and hence gave Malik and lyricist Javed Akhtar the opportunity to produce some soulful tracks that explored love and longing and loss, rather than just patriotic feelings.

Best Song of Border: Mere Dushman Mere Bhai had Hariharan deliver an award-winning performance, conveying the pain in Akhtar's lines to a tee, making it my favourite song from the album.

The Border Playlist:

  1. Humein Jab Se Mohabbat (Singers: Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik)
  2. Hindustan Hindustan (Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Sonali Rathod)
  3. Sandese Aate Hai (Singers: Roop Kumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam)
  4. Mere Dushman Mere Bhai (Singer: Hariharan)
  5. Toh Chalun (Singer: Roop Kumar Rathod)

Listen to the entire album of Border here:

(With contributions by Praveen VR, co-founder of musicaloud.com)

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