Singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh has joined the cast of Border 2 starring Sunny Deol and Varun Dhawan, he announced on Friday, sharing a teaser from the upcoming sequel to J.P. Dutta’s 1997 war drama.

“Pehli Goli Dushman Chalaega aur Akhri Goli Hum (Our enemies will fire the first bullet, but we will fire the last). Honoured to stand with such a powerful team and walk in the footsteps of our Soldiers,” wrote Diljit on Instagram.

Set to the iconic tune of Sonu Nigam’s Sandese Aate Hai from the original film, the teaser opens with Diljit’s powerful proclamation. “Any eye that dares to cast an evil glance at our nation is brought low, for her soldiers stand ready to shed their blood,” says the actor, who was last seen in Imtiaz Ali’s Netflix biographical drama Amar Singh Chamkila opposite Parineeti Chopra.

Helmed by Anurag Singh and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, J.P. Dutta and Nidhi Dutta, Border 2 is slated to hit theatres on January 23, 2026.

Set against the backdrop of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Border depicts the Battle of Longewala. Sunny essayed the role of Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri in the original film, which also starred Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Akshaye Khanna, Sudesh Berry, Puneet Issar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Tabu, Rakhee, Pooja Bhatt and Sharbani Mukherjee in key roles.