Here's how JP Dutta recreated Nathu La Pass for 'Paltan'

As 'Paltan' is based on the Nathu La military clashes in 1967, JP Dutta wanted to shoot war sequences in the real-location but sadly Nathu La Pass has changed over 50 years. Hence the makers decided to shoot in Ladhak so that the film looks as close to reality as it can. 

Director JP Dutta's went a step ahead to shoot at real locations and make it look more authentic and visually appealing. The director scouted and recreated locations in Ladhak to bore the same resemblance of the border area in East Sikkim.

In that chilled weather of Ladhak, the whole shoot of war sequences lasted for 56 days before the team headed for Chandigarh.

After Border and LOC Kargil, JP Dutta's Paltan features combat stories of Indian and Pakistan forces but this time the war trilogy will showcase an untold story of combat between the Indian and Chinese forces.

The national-award-winning director, JP Dutta had earlier treated the audience with war films like Border, LOC Kargil, and refugee among others. The third film of the war trilogy will see an ensemble cast featuring Jackie Shroff, Arjun Rampal, Harshvardhan Rane, Gurmeet Choudhary, Abdul Qadir Amin, Sonu Sood, Sonal Chauhan, Esha Gupta, Monica Gill, Rohit Roy, Siddhant Kapoor, Luv Sinha, and Dipika Kakar.
 
With power-packed performances, the film promises to tell the riveting, untold story of the bravest of Indian soldiers who fought with their brothers next to them till the end.