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6 interesting facts about ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’

Murtuza Iqbal

June 15, 2016
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6 interesting facts about ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’

Third Aamir Khan and Sunny Deol clash

It was Sunny Deol’s third film that had clashed with an Aamir Khan (‘Lagaan’) starrer. Earlier ‘Ghayal’ had clashed with ‘Dil’ and ‘Ghatak’ had clashed with ‘Raja Hindustani’.

Kajol was first choice for the movie

According to IMDb, Kajol was the first choice to play Ameesha’s role, but she opted out due to date issues.

One of the biggest blockbusters

‘Gadar’ is in the list of ‘One of the Biggest Blockbusters in Hindi Cinema’.

Govinda was the first choice for the film

According to IMDb, the first choice to play the role of Tara Singh was Govinda. But after the horrible response ‘Maharaja’ got at the box office, Anil Sharma changed his mind.

Inspired from a real life story

‘Gadar’ was inspired from a real life story of Boota Singh. But, Boota’s life didn’t have a happy ending. After his wife backed off under the pressure from her family, Singh opted to do suicide.

Most watched Hindi film

‘Gadar’ is the most watched Hindi film in India. It has a record of 5.05 crore footfalls in cinemas across all over the country. It had broken the record of ‘Sholay’.

Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel starrer ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ completes 15 years of its release today. The film was directed by Anil Sharma and was a blockbuster at the box office.

Ameesha took to Twitter to thank her fans, “Thank u .. 15 years of GADAR n still the biggest blockbuster of the millenium.. Thank u to all my tweethearts.” [sic]

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Today on the 15^th anniversary of the film, we have listed down some interesting facts about the movie:

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Murtuza Iqbal

‘Eat Sleep Bollywood Repeat’ is his life Mantra. Dance is his first love and Rani Mukerji is his eternal crush. He is someone who loves being himself, and as for the ones who don’t agree, his reply? “Talk to my hand!”