Sunny Deol says he was scared to touch Gadar for a sequel

At the recent trailer launch event of Gadar 2, Sunny Deol has revealed the reason as to why he was scared to touch his film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) for a sequel. Deol was joined along with Utkarsh Sharma, Ameesha Patel and filmmaker Anil Sharma on Vijay Diwas on Wednesday.

With a runtime of two hour fifty minute film, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha is the second most-watched Hindi film in India since the 1990s. It went on to emerge as the highest-grossing Hindi film since the 1994 release Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

Talking about why he was nervous to touch Gadar, Deol said at the trailer launch “The first Gadar when we made people made it into a Gadar (humongous).”

He added, “It was always scary to touch a film which is such a complete film. This is why I was scared but when I heard the story… the old Gadar was Gadar and I hope the same result for this one too.”

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha is a Indian Hindi-language romantic period action drama film directed by Anil Sharma and set during the Partition of India in 1947. Loosely based on the life of Boota Singh, the film stars Deol, Patel, Amrish Puri and Lillete Dubey. In 2001, Patel bagged Sakeena's role out of 500 girls who auditioned for the role.

Gadar 2 is a sequel to Gadar: Ek Prem Katha starring Deol, Patel and Sharma in the lead roles. Gadar 2 is set in 1971, and Tara Singh returns to Lahore, Pakistan in the midst of an anti-India “Crush India” campaign, to bring back his son Jeete.

The film will be released in theatres on August 11.