Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel starrer ‘Gadar 2’ has been dominating the box office ever since its release, raking in nearly Rs 500 crore at the domestic box office. Now, director Anil Sharma has shared that many people have been calling him to send the movie to the Oscars this year.
In an interview with The Indian Express, he said that even ‘Gadar Ek Prem Katha’ deserved to go to the Academy Awards.
‘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,’ Anil told the daily.
In 2001, Aamir Khan's ‘Lagaan’ was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards.
Anil Sharma also recalled Dharmendra's statement that he felt he wasn't part of the industry and added that he felt the same.
‘We have touched people’s hearts with Gadar 2. I won’t lie, but even we want awards. But I didn't expect it because I knew that I wouldn’t get it. I hear there is lots of lobbying and PR involved in these things, and I am not a political person. I have never lobbied for awards,’ he said.
‘Gadar 2’ is set in the backdrop of the political tensions ahead of the Indo-Pak war in 1971.
The first film, ‘Gadar Ek Prem Katha’, was the love story of a young man who falls in love with a Pakistani girl right before the Indo-Pak partition.
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