Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel starrer Gadar: Ek Prem Katha is approaching its 25th anniversary on June 15. Ameesha, who famously portrayed Sakina alongside Sunny Deol’s Tara Singh, recently shared her gratitude for the overwhelming love and adulation she has received ever since the movie first hit theaters.
Pakistani audiences embraced Sakina with open arms, with elderly women calling Ameesha to say, ‘Kya Ameesha ji, Pakistan ko apne rula diya, Sakina ne rula diya’ (Ameesha you made Pakistan cry. Sakina made Pakistan cry.)
Ameesha claims that the combined theatrical footfalls of both Gadar films place the franchise among the most watched in the country, more than the Ranveer Singh starrer Dhurandhar franchise.
She said, “We've come to this journey 25 years later, and we're still iconic. And we've had a part two that has created a tsunami at the box office and become iconic. And combined, Gadar 1 and Gadar 2 have the biggest footfalls, more than even Dhurandhar 1 and 2.”
Ameesha also shared that she was too overwhelmed with work to process the scale of Gadar’s success, as she was shooting up to five films simultaneously each year in the early 2000s.
