Sunny Deol in Gadar 2. (courtesy: zeestudiosofficial)
Filmmaker Anil Sharma, in a recent interview with The Indian Express, said that he wishes to send his recent release Gadar 2 for the Oscars. He told the Indian Express "People are calling me repeatedly to send the film to the Oscars." The filmmaker added, "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) didn't go, so I don't know how Gadar 2 will go, but we are at it. But Gadar 2 should go; the film deserves it. Gadar also deserved it. Gadar was based on the 1947 partition, and we told the story in a very different way. It was a new and original story, and Gadar 2 is also a new and original story."
The filmmaker added during the interview, "I have been making films for forty years. It could turn out good or bad, but I made my films the way my heart feels. When people show love (to my films), I really feel happy. When they don't, I feel sad because I made films for the audience. I then work towards fixing the mistakes we did with the films that didn't do well because the audience is never wrong, the maker is."
Directed by Anil Sharma, Gadar 2 is the sequel to the 2001 hit Gadar. In the sequel Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma have reprised their roles of Tara Singh, Sakeena and Jeete, respectively. The film released in theatres last month. It clashed with Akshay Kumar's OMG 2 at the box office.
Gadar 2 released to mixed reviews. Film critic Saibal Chatterjee, in his review of NDTV, gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and he wrote, "Gadar 2 is strictly for three categories of people: Sunny Deol fans, those that miss the unbridled excesses of Bollywood of yore, and those that believe that "hate thy neighbour" is an axiom worth cheering for in a movie theatre. The film has enough to please them all - and then some."