Picture's from the trailer launch (Image: Twitter)
Gadar 2, the upcoming film, is a remake of ‘Gadar-Ek Prem Katha’ featuring actors Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel. The plot of the film revolves around the cross-border love story between a Sikh man and a Muslim woman. Well, the film is set to hit theaters on August 11 but the lead actors are busy creating a fuss for the makers.
First, Patel made a controversial statement in the media justifying interfaith relationships and dismissing cases of love jihad. And now, lead actor Deol has made the same mistake. In order to display his woke secularism, Deol had put the makers in trouble.
Deol’s Controversial statement
Actor and BJP MP Deol, on the trailer launch of the film on July 26, Kargil Vijay Diwas, a day dedicated to the martyrs of this land, said, there is no enmity between the people of India and Pakistan. He did not think twice before saying so.
He said, “It is all about humanity. There shouldn’t be any fights. There is equal love on both sides. It is the political game that gives birth to hatred. You will see the same in this film as well. Janta nahi chahti ki hum ek dusre ke saath jhagde ya lade, aakhir hai toh sab isi mitti se (people don’t want us to fight with each other, because after all we are from the same land)”.
Well, readers must not forget the cases of forced religious conversions faced not only by religious minorities in Pakistan but by the religious majority in India as well. The Hindus in Pakistan are being persecuted, they are forced to leave the land, and their daughters are being abducted. Pakistan plans infiltration; their people cross the borders of India, they make strategies to take India down and capture the land, they wand ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ and whatnot. The list will go on and on.
Ignoring all of this, what Deol saw is the love between the people living in India and Pakistan, maybe, he is after the viral PUBG love story of Islamist Seema Haider and Indian Sachin, who illegally entered India and is now playing victim.
Notably, netizens aren’t very happy with his statement.
This is how the netizens react
A user said, “Tara Singh ne sara boycott apne upar le liye.” Another one said, “Haha. Sunny Deol must have the common sense that people on this side will not take this comment lightly. They will boycott the movie. And people on that side don’t have the money to buy tickets to his movie, anyway.” A third user wrote, “The Shameful statement came out on #KargilVijayDiwas by so-called Patriot at the promotion event of Gadar 2.”
Another user wrote, “What is this Aman ki Asha BS this guy is peddling? Wasn’t Gadar all about Pak bashing?”
Ameesha Patel’s controversial statement
It is noteworthy that Ameesha Patel made similar remarks earlier in May this year. She said, the film is a movie that spread only ‘love and no hatred’ and brought all religions and castes together.
Ameesha said, the film’s female lead character—a Pakistani married an Indian Hindu man and still followed Islam and the Hindu protagonist accepted Islam. The movie promoted peace and harmony and not hatred.
She said, “Gadar is a movie that never ever spread hatred, it only spread love and united all religions and castes. There is no bigger film than Gadar which shows that a Pakistani Muslim girl Sakina marries an Indian Hindu Tara Singh portrayed by Sunny Deol and still she did not forget Islam in fact Tara Singh accepts Islam. So think, films like Gadar bolster unity and teach us that we should live together,”
Notably, The film, Gadar is based on a love story between a Pakistani woman Sakeena, who happens to cross the border and meets Tara Singh in India. They live happily until Ashraf Ali, played by veteran actor Amreesh Puri, Sakeena’s father took her back to Pakistan. When Tara gets to Pakistan to bring his wife back, Ashraf puts forth two conditions in front of him. The first is that Tara Singh will convert to Islam, and the second is that he will stay in Pakistan forever.
The next day, Tara is brought to a Mosque where a cleric asks to repeat after him, if he will accept Islam or not. “Kya tumhe Islam qubool hai”, the Maulvi questions. To this Tara Singh replies a man’s biggest “mazhab” is to protect his wife and children. An agitated maulvi repeats his question, to which Tara says “Kaaba and Kashi are one and the same”. The maulvi loses his cool and again asks “Kya tumhe Islam qubool hai” To this, Tara Singh clearly says “Qubool hai”.
In the next scene, Ashraf asks Tara to say, “Pakistan Zindabad” he repeats after him, “Pakistan Zindabad”. However, Ashraf turns notorious and asked him to raise the Hindustan Murdabad slogan. And then comes the iconic scene where Tara Singh aggressively tells Ashraf, “Hindustan zindabad tha hai or rahega (Hindustan was, is and shall remain zindabad)”.
This scene is followed by the famous ‘Hand Pump’ scene.
Gadar 2 is said to continue the story after 22 years with the same cast such as Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Utkarsh Sharma who played the little kid is now grown in the second chapter. Gadar 2: The Katha Continues is directed by Anil Sharma and is produced by Zee Studios. The highly anticipated film is set to release in cinemas on 11th August 2023.
This is how netizens react to her statement
Netizens made a similar response to Patel’s statement in media like Deol, here are some:
One user said, “I don’t remember in GADAR 1 Tara Singh accepting Islam!!! Kisi ko yaad hoto plz let us know.”
Second said, “Tara Singh ne Islam nahi kabul kia.” While another agreed to others and wrote, “No!!!! What … He didn’t accepted Islam he just respected her LoL don’t brainwash people.”
Another user wrote on YouTube comments, “So according to Amisha Patel converting to Islam and living together is the definition of love, harmony and peaceful existence ..”.
Another user said, “There is dialogue in gadar when dara saves sakina… And says ab ye ho gayi sikhani after putting blood on her maang… I thought there was conversion from muslim to sikh…was that act for save ones life???? Actors don’t even remember the dialogues… Such a shame…”
Meanwhile, the makers of Gadar 2 unveiled its dramatic trailer on July 26 at a mega event. The trailer shows that Sunny and Ameesha Patel are returning as Tara Singh and Sakeena. However, in a shocking turn of events, their son Charan Jeet (Utkarsh Sharma) lands in Pakistan and is tortured. This time, Tara will return to Pakistan to save his son. The promo promises action, drama and the iconic screams by Tara Singh. The trailer also hints at a nod to the famous handpump scene.
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