Sunny Deol and Amisha Patel’s Gadal: Ek Prem Katha gets a stunning revival in theaters, with audiences clapping, jeering, and chanting lines to lead character Tara Singh . This re-release was a promotional strategy before the sequel hit screens on August 11th. However, there were strong rumors that this cast was not the original cast of the film.
According to rumored trivia, Govinda and Kajol were also reportedly part of the original cast of the film. Some reports claim the film was offered to iconic 90s pair Govinda and Neelam one day, but director Anil Sharma himself has addressed these rumors.
In an interview, the director accepted the prevailing theory that Govinda had been offered a film adaptation, and that Sunny Deol would be his replacement. IMDb Trivia also states that Anil Sharma offered Govinda the film, but changed his mind after the failure of Maharaja and changed the cast of Gadar.
The director referred to these rumors while speaking to Siddharth Khanan in 2017, stating: people talk. In fact, I was working with Govinda on The Maharajah. When I was a Maharajah, I told him the story of Gadar. Perhaps he misunderstood that I wanted him in the movie, and that’s where the rumors started. ”
Anil Sharma even said he had no other actor in mind for the role of Gadar than Sunny Deol. “I would work with him (Govinda) in ten films soon, not one, but I didn’t want to do ‘Gadal’ with him. It was the choice of
He was also asked about the role of Sakkina for Amisha Patel, who was rumored to be offered first to Neelam and then to Kajol. The manager denied being close to Neelam, but neither denied nor confirmed any links between Kajol and Gadar. However, he clarified: Neelam was definitely not one of them. They all had some kind of problem. Some people didn’t like this story. Others didn’t like us. Some had their own personal goals. Some people didn’t want to do period dramas. ”
For those unfamiliar, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha is a love story between a Sikh boy from India and a Muslim girl from Pakistan who are forced to live under the horrific conditions of the divide between India and Pakistan. They marry but develop a strong bond of love. Tensions in post-partition relations between the two countries would later pull them apart.
The film is said to be loosely inspired by the true story of Bhuta Singh, which is another strong rumor. Gadar 2 is set to hit theaters on his August 11th, prepping for a triple-clash between Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal and Akshay Kumar’s Oh My God 2. is in order.
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