| Gadar: Ek Prem Katha | |
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| Directed by | Anil Sharma |
| Produced by | Nitin Keni |
| Written by | Shaktimaan |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Amisha Patel Amrish Puri |
| Music by | Uttam Singh |
| Editing by | Keshav Naidu |
| Distributed by | Zee Telefilms Limited |
| Release date(s) | June 15, 2001 |
| Running time | 191 min. |
| Budget | 18 crores |
| IMDb profile | |
Gadar Ek Prem Katha is a 2001 Bollywood movie starring Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, and Amrish Puri.
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Story
Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara shelters a wayward Sakina from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms into love is created. The two eventually get married and have a son. The happy family, now living in Amritsar, gets the shock of their lives when Sakina learns that her father (Amrish Puri), whom she previously believed died in the riots back in Amritsar, is still alive after seeing his picture in a tattered, old newspaper. Upon contacting him, Sakina's father, now the mayor of Lahore in Pakistan, arranges for his daughter to arrive in Lahore to see him. Sakina leaves for Lahore minus Tara and her son, and upon reaching the city, learns of her father's plans for her - plans that include forcing Sakina to forget about her family and start life anew in Pakistan. Then begins an extraordinary journey which will lead Tara to cross the border into Pakistan to find his love Sakina. Made at a budget of 18 crores, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha grossed around 70 crore rupees at the box office, making it one of the highest grossing Hindi movies of all time. [1]
Filming locations
A part of Gadar was famously shot at La Martiniere Lucknow.
Controversy
The ultra-patriotic theme and anti muslim theme of the movie offended some groups and several protests were held across India during its release.
Cast
- Sunny Deol ... Tara Singh
- Amisha Patel ... Sakeena
- Amrish Puri
- Suresh Oberoi
- Rakesh Bedi
- Mushtaq Khan
- Pramod Mautho
- Vishwajeet Pradhan
- Vivek Shauq
- Lilette Dubey
- Samar Jai singh
- Ahsaan Khan
Crew
- Producer: Nitin Keni
- Director: Anil Sharma
- Story: Shaktimaan
- Screenplay: Shaktimaan
- Dialogues: Shaktimaan
- Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
- Music: Uttam Singh
- Choreography: Jay Borade
- Editing: Keshav Naidu
- Costume Design: Bhavna
Box Office
It was the highest grosser movie of India when unadjusted, until it was taken over by Dhoom 2 in 2006. GADAR was released in 2001 and FOR any movie to come close to Gadar's gross toke 5 years .In 2006 Munahbhai came a little under 700 million ruppes gross.2006 saw probably new imporved theaters and better distribution that atleast 3 movies grossed 600 million ruppes for the first time in 5 years.Gadar The movie grossed almost Rs. 700,000,000 and is the sixth highest grossing movie when adjusted.
See also
- List of highest-grossing Bollywood films
- All Time Blockbuster Films In Indian Cinema
