Sunny Deol’s ‘Gadar 2’ has emerged as a blockbuster since its release in early August. The sequel sees the original cast of Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel along with Utkarsh Sharma, reprise their roles of Tara Singh, Sakeena and Charanjeet Singh, respectively. Set in 1971, the film follows Tara as he crosses the border to rescue his son, who has been held captive in Pakistan.
In a recent interview, Sunny was asked his opinion on the criticism that the movie is an “anti-Pakistan” film. He called the claims a “political thing” and asked viewers not to take ‘Gadar 2’ too seriously.
He said, “See, it's basically a political thing mostly. It's not actually the people, genuine people, because at end of the day, it's all humanity there. Whether it's here or there (Pakistan), everyone's together. And even you'll see that throughout the film (Gadar 2), I never run anybody down, because I don't believe in running people down or anything and Tara Singh (his character in Gadar 2) is not that kind of a person.”
When asked about the release of the film during a “politically tense climate,” Sunny said, “We all want peace, you know, and nobody wants all this thing to happen. But it's high time the politicians started seeing the world not from [the point of view of votes] because everybody does it for the sake of votes… Don't take this film so seriously... cinema comes in for entertainment. It's not coming from any other point of view. And then obviously, there's an exaggeration in cinema because that's how you want the characters to be. If they're not exaggerated, you don't enjoy it. Because if a person is bad, you want to say no, he is bad. If a person is good, you want to see the person good. And that's a certain sector of cinema.”