New Delhi: Sunny Deol starrer ‘Gadar 2’ is having a dream run and has collected Rs 474 crore till August 31 at the box office. Looking at the huge success of the film, makers are planning to send the film to the Oscars. In a recent interview, director Anil Sharma shared that his team is working towards completing application procedures for the Academy Awards.
In a conversation with Indianexpress.com, Anil Sharma said that even Gadar, released in 2001, deserved to go to Oscars. “People are calling me repeatedly to send the film to the Oscars. 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,” he told Indianexpress.com.
The director also expressed disappointment in not getting the accolades he deserved for his films.
“I don’t feel I have been a part of this industry. That’s how it’s been for us as well. We have not received awards but have been blessed with rewards and people’s love. I won’t lie, but even we want awards. But I don’t expect it because I know that I won’t get it. 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,” Sharma was quoted as saying by Indianexpress.com.
The film, that became the fastest Hindi film to reach Rs 450 crore mark, is a sequel to the 2001 blockbuster ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’, which also starred Deol and Ameesha Patel.
Set in 1971, ‘Gadar 2’ follows Tara Singh (Deol)'s journey to Pakistan to rescue his son, Charanjeet Singh (Utkarsh Sharma) from the Pakistani Army. It also features Patel, Manish Wadhwa and Gaurav Chopra.