Gadar: Ek Prem Katha had the ability to capture raw emotions struck such a chord with the audience that reportedly, people travelled in huge numbers in trucks to watch the high-octane action sequences.
The film became a blockbuster and ensured a thunderous opening. Filmmaker Anil Sharma revealed an interesting detail about the film which which was one of the important scene.
What’s the interesting detail Anil Sharma revealed about Gadar: Ek Prem Katha?
In an interview with PTI, revealed that the famous handpump scene was a whistle worthy moment that would draw crowds to watch the Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel-starrer Gadar. He said, “No one was impressed when I told them about the handpump scene. They told me it would look fake. The shooting was on hold for two hours. The entire unit was not convinced, they said ‘How is this even possible?’ They said don’t put a commercial scene in a picture as realistic as ‘Gadar‘”.
Screengrab from Gadar: Ek Prem Katha | Source: XHe further added, “Sometimes when you are very angry, you feel like destroying everything around you. We all have experienced that feeling. So, I thought let the character uproot the handpump. And after all these years, people still talk about that scene”.
About Gadar
Gadar narrates a beautiful love story of an interfaith couple — a Muslim girl (Sakina) belonging to an aristocratic family and a Sikh truck driver (Tara Singh). The film follows the journey of Tara, a loving husband and a patriot at heart willing to take on the neighbouring country to bring his wife Sakina back home to India.
File photo of Gadar | Source: IMDbThe film features Ameesha Patel, Amrish Puri, Utkarsh Sharma, Vivek Shauq, Lillete Dubey and Mushtaq Khan among others.
