Pradeep Chandran

1971 – Beyond Borders, a prequel to Kurukshetra, is based on the true events of the 1971 India-Pakistan war. Mohanlal plays a double role, one as iconic Major Mahadevan and as his dad Colonel Sahadevan.

It tells the story of a student named Vasu (Rahul Madhav), who hails from a slum. The people in the slum sponsor his education. Vrindha (Richa Panai) comes from a rich family and she falls in love with Vasu. The story takes a dramatic turn when a girl goes missing from the college hostel. The clues to her whereabouts emerge when various students narrate their versions of the events leading up to the incident.

Suryanatha Varma (Ganesh Venkatraman) is an educated, unemployed man. His father, Lokanatha Sharma (played by Amitabh Bachchan), wants to see his son victorious in life. Things change when he meets Major Mahadevan (Mohanlal). It`s another mission with Mahadevan and crew, as they deal with international terrorism with a flight being hijacked by hardcore terrorists. Kandahar is about the Kandahar Indian Airlines flight hijack incident which rattled the nation in 1999. Amitabh Bachchan will be seen as the father of a passenger on the ill-fated plane that was hijacked and Mohanlal will play a commando named Major Mahadevan, who is on the mission to rescue the passengers.