Major Ravi's '1971 Beyond Borders' has become the first Malayalam venture to have specially designed a virtual reality experience. Actor Mohanlal, who plays the lead role in the movie took to the Facebook to announce the news.

Mohanlal and director Major Ravi watched the movie`s trailer in Virtual Reality (VR) experience and the link of which was shared on the actor`s official Facebook page. The VR trailer reaction of the movie was released at 5 pm on Monday and in no time, the video became a huge hit on social media.

Directed by Major Ravi, 1971 Beyond Borders is the fourth installment in the Major Mahadevan series. Asha Sarath plays the female lead in the film, along with Allu Sirish, Sudheer Karamana, Renji Panicker, Saiju Kurup and Bollywood actor Arunoday Singh playing important roles.

Produced by Haneef Mohammed for Red Rose Creations, the upcoming war-drama will hit the big screens on April 7 as a Vishu release. Telugu version of the movie, titled as 1971 Baratha Sarihaddu is also releasing on the same day.