New Delhi: Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel starrer ‘Gadar 2’ achieved another milestone as it entered the Rs 400 crore club on Wednesday. The film collected Rs 12.10 crore on Tuesday which took its box office numbers to Rs 400.70 crore net. Sunny Deol took to Instagram to thank his fans for the tremendous response to the film.
Sunny shared a video of sitting inside a chartered plane. In the video, Sunny, who played the role of Tara Singh in the film said: “First and foremost thank you all that you liked the film so much. I never imagined you guys would like Gadar 2 so much. We have crossed 400 crores because of you all and we will go ahead.”
He credited the film’s success to his fans.
Sunny added: “This all happened because of you all. You liked the film, Tara Singh and Sakeena. Thank you.”
‘Gadar 2’ is set in 1971, and Tara Singh returns to Lahore, Pakistan in the midst of an anti-India campaign to bring back his son Charanjeet. The film is currently riding high on success and has broken records at the box-office. Directed by Anil Sharma, it released on August 11. The film also stars Utkarsh Sharma and Ameesha Patel.
Directed by Anil Sharma, the film is a sequel to the 2001 blockbuster ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’. The film has surpassed the lifetime collection of Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ and is all set to challenge ‘Baahubali 2’ and ‘Pathaan.’
Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, ‘GADAR 2’ TO CHALLENGE ‘BAAHUBALI 2’, ‘PATHAAN’… #Gadar2 continues to surprise and shock the naysayers… Has crossed 400 cr and I am confident, it will cross 500 cr as well and challenge #Baahubali2 #Hindi and #Pathaan, both in #India. #Gadar2 benchmarks… Crossed 50 cr: Day 2 100 cr: Day 3 150 cr: Day 4 200 cr: Day 5 250 cr: Day 6 300 cr: Day 8 350 cr: Day 10 400 cr: Day 12 #India biz. Nett BOC,” he tweeted.
Set in 1971, "Gadar 2" follows Tara Singh (Deol)'s journey to Pakistan to rescue his son, Charanjeet Singh, played by Utkarsh Sharma, from the Pakistani Army. It also features Ameesha Patel, Manish Wadhwa and Gaurav Chopra.
The first film was set during the Partition.