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* [[Utkarsh Sharma]] as Charanjeet "Jeete" Singh, Tara and Sakeena's son
* [[Utkarsh Sharma]] as Charanjeet "Jeete" Singh, Tara and Sakeena's son
* [[Gaurav Chopra]] as [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Devendra Rawat
* [[Gaurav Chopra]] as [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Devendra Rawat
* [[Manish Wadhwa]] as [[Major General]] Hamid Iqbal
* [[Manish Wadhwa]] as [[Abdul Hamid Khan (general)|Hamid Iqbal]], [[General (Pakistan)|General of Pakistan Army]]
* Manoj Bakshi as [[Yahya Khan]], [[President of Pakistan ]] and [[Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army]]
* Manoj Bakshi as [[Yahya Khan]], [[President of Pakistan ]] and [[Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army]]
* Aarya Sharma as [[Akleem Akhtar|General Rani]]
* Aarya Sharma as [[Akleem Akhtar|General Rani]]

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Gadar 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnil Sharma
Written byShaktimaan Talwar
Produced byAnil Sharma
Starring
Narrated byNana Patekar
CinematographyNajeeb Khan
Edited byAshfaque Makrani
Sanjay Sankla
Vishal Kumar
Music bySongs:
Mithoon
Score:
Monty Sharma
Production
companies
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 11 August 2023 (2023-08-11)
Running time
170 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹60 crore[2][3]
Box office₹608.95 crore[4]

Gadar 2 (transl. Rebellion 2; subtitled onscreen with The Katha Continues) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film directed and produced by Anil Sharma, and written by Shaktimaan Talwar. A sequel to the 2001 film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha,[5] the film stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma reprising their roles from the first film. In Gadar 2, Tara Singh returns to Pakistan in order to rescue his imprisoned son during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Gadar 2 was theatrically released on 11 August 2023. The film grossed over ₹608.95 crore (US$73 million) worldwide and emerged as the year's second highest-grossing Indian film and second highest-grossing Hindi film. It also became one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.[6]

Plot

The story of Tara Singh, a patriotic Indian truck driver, begins in Gadar, which is set around 1947 Partition of India, when Tara Singh saves and marries Sakeena during the partition violence, in which Sakeena's family moves to Pakistan. The couple have a son "Jeete". Sakeena goes to Pakistan to meet her family but is not allowed to return; and then Tara Singh goes to Pakistan and brings back Sakeena in a dramatic return to India.

Gadar-2 is set in the backdrop of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and the "Crush India" campaign. Tara Singh is now a goods supplier to the Indian Army cantonment, and one night, there is a skirmish on the border in which Tara Singh goes missing and is believed to be imprisoned in Pakistan. Learning this, Tara's son, Charanjeet "Jeete" Singh, goes to save him, but gets imprisoned and tortured by Pakistani soldiers under the orders of Major General Hamid Iqbal. Hamid wants to exact revenge on Tara Singh, who had repulsed the attacks by Pakistani soldiers and escaped to India with Sakeena in 1954.[a] Having survived the skirmish, Tara resurfaces in Punjab and learns from Sakeena that Jeete is in Pakistan. The rest of the story follows whether or not Tara can rescue Jeete from Iqbal and his subordinates in Pakistan.

Cast

Archive footage from the first film and CGI was used for Amrish Puri's character as Ashraf Ali, Sakeena's father.

Production

Development

Zee Studios, Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma officially announced Gadar 2: The Katha Continues on 15 October 2021 (Dusshera) on their social media accounts, revealing the release date 2022 with motion poster.[5] The first poster of the sequel titled Gadar 2 was unveiled on 26 January 2023 (Republic Day) and it shows Tara Singh, played by Sunny, with a hammer. Gadar Ek Prem Katha was re-released in cinemas on 9 June 2023.[7]

Casting

Sunny Deol reprises his role of Tara Singh, but was initially hesitant about revisiting the role, believing that films like Gadar: Ek Prem Katha can be made only once in history. He states, "We had made Gadar but the audience made it a Blockbuster. Initially, I was a bit apprehensive about whether we would do justice and continue the legacy of the first part." The film's director Anil Sharma revealed how he convinced Deol to return, stating, "When I narrated Gadar 2, Sunny was a little hesitant because he felt Gadar was a blockbuster and didn't want to meddle with it. But I requested him that the entire nation has been requesting a sequel and we should respect their emotions. After many calls, he finally agreed to hear the story. When we sat down for narration and finished it, he had tears in his eyes. That's how the journey of Gadar 2 started."[8]

Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma also reprise their roles of Sakeena and Charanjeet "Jeete" Singh from the first film.[9] Simrat Kaur was also cast for the film.[9] Manish Wadhwa was offered the role of a Pakistani army general in the film. Rohit Choudhary, was also cast in the role of a Pakistani army general in the film. Luv Sinha and Gaurav Chopra have also been cast in important role. The shoot of the film was wrapped up by May 2023.[10]

The late Amrish Puri face used as Ashraf Ali, Sakeena's father from the first film. Puri passed away in 2005 and used his role through archive footage from Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and computer-generated imagery.[11]

Soundtrack

Gadar 2
Soundtrack album by
Mithoon
Released5 August 2023
Recorded2022
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length31:48
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music Company
Mithoon chronology
Bawaal
(2023) 		Gadar 2
(2023) 		TBA
Official audio
Gadar 2 - Full Album on YouTube

The music of the film is composed by Mithoon while lyrics are written by Sayeed Quadri.[12] The first single titled "Udd Jaa Kaale Kaava" was released on 29 June 2023.[13] The second single titled "Khairiyat" was released on 18 July 2023.[14] The third single titled "Main Nikla Gaddi Leke" was released on 3 August 2023.[15]

A female version of "Udd Jaa Kaale Kaava" sung by Palak Muchhal was released on 18 August 2023.[16]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Udd Jaa Kaale Kaava"Anand BakshiUdit Narayan, Alka Yagnik4:48
2."Khairiyat"Sayeed QuadriArijit Singh, Mithoon3:50
3."Main Nikla Gaddi Leke"Anand BakshiUdit Narayan, Aditya Narayan, Mithoon3:51
4."Dil Jhoom"Sayeed QuadriArijit Singh, Mithoon5:04
5."Sura Soi"Guru Granth SahibSukhwinder Singh, Mithoon3:05
6."Chal Tere Ishq Mein"Sayeed QuadriNeeti Mohan, Vishal Mishra, Shehnaz Akhtar, Sahil Akhtar, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi, Mithoon6:11
7."Udd Jaa Kaale Kaava" (Climax Version)Anand BakshiUdit Narayan, Jubin Nautiyal, Mithoon4:59
Total length:31:48

Release

The teaser of the film was released on 12 June 2023, coinciding with 22nd anniversary of Gadar Ek Prem Katha.[17] The trailer of the film was released on 26 July 2023, coinciding with Kargil Vijay Diwas.[18][19] The film was leaked on YouTube after two days of the theatrical release from 11 August 2023, minorly effecting the collections and clash with OMG 2.[20]

The immensely positive box-office response prompted several cinemas to play post-midnight and early morning shows of the film.[21]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Gadar 2 has an approval rating of 9% from 11 reviews, with an average score of 3.3/10.[22]

Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave 4.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “Gadar 2 is old-school desi entertainment at its best. Sunny Deol returns to the big screen with a vengeance… He is as ferocious as ever. The patriotic flavour coupled with tremendous recall value will make it a huge money-spinner. Gadar 2 lives up to massive expectations… Has it all: drama, emotions, action, two beautiful songs [from the first part] and the hand pump sequence, of course. Anil Sharma makes sure he packs every ingredient on the shelf to create a big-screen entertainer.” [23] Anuj Kumar from The Hindu wrote "It is not as provocative as the original as driver Anil Sharma seeks to take a middle path. Perhaps, it feels like that because the socio-political atmosphere outside the theatre has become much more dramatic and shrill than what it was when the original released in 2001. Still, it is good that Sharma has toned down the jingoistic tone."[24] Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times wrote "Gadar 2 does falter in terms of story and its pace, though it brings back the mass entertainment and that can surely make it a paisa vasool watch."[25] Anindita Mukherjee from India Today gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Gadar 2 supersedes expectations, as it successfully tugs at your heartstrings. And there’s Sunny Paaji to do all the heavy-lifting (pun intended).[26]

Other critics have panned the film, such as Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express, who gave 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "What we can confirm is that Sunny paaji can still snarl effectively, and that dhai-kilo-ka-haath has residual potency. We can also confirm the reappearance of a hand-pump.[27] Umesh Punwani of Koimoi gave 1 out of 5 stars and reviewed as: this is a blatant misuse of fans’ emotions taking it for granted to deliver such a horrendous product hoping it’ll work only based on nostalgic factors.[28]

Box office

On its opening day, Gadar 2 collected a total India net of ₹40.10 crore (US$4.8 million).[29] In its first weekend, it collected over ₹132 crore (US$16 million), making it sixth top opening weekend for Hindi films.[30]

As of 27 August 2023, the film has grossed ₹460.65 crore (US$55 million) worldwide.[31]

Notes

  1. ^ As depicted in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001)

References

  1. ^ "CBFC clears Gadar 2 with UA certificate, the film is 170 minutes long". Bollywood Hungama. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Anil recently told News 18 India, about budget". Indian Express. 24 August 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Anil Sharma talks about Gadar 2's budget". PinkVilla. 24 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  5. ^ a b "Gadar 2: Sunny Deol confirms sequel on Dussehra". Indian Express. 15 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide 2023". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha to re-release in remastered 4K edition ahead of sequel; deets inside". Bollywood Hungama. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Sunny Deol reveals "he was a bit scared about making gadar 2"". The Times of India. 27 July 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Gadar 2 Release Date, Star Cast, OTT, Controversy, Trailer & Latest Updates". Jan Bharat Times. 29 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Gadar 2 director Anil Sharma completes patchwork shoot for Sunny Deol starrer; dances on 'Main Nikla Gaddi Leke' with crew, watch". Bollywood Hungama. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  11. ^ Seta, Fenil (11 August 2023). "Amrish Puri created through CGI for a very important shot in Sunny Deol-starrer Gadar 2". Bollywood Hungama.
  12. ^ Bureau, ABP News (14 February 2023). "Sunny Deol And Ameesha Patel's New Motion Poster Of 'Gadar 2' Out On Valentine's Day". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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  14. ^ "Gadar 2 song Khairiyat: Sunny Deol crosses mountains to bring son home, Ameesha Patel prays for their safe return". Hindustan Times. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Gadar 2: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel In Main Nikla Gaddi Leke 2.0". NDTV. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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  21. ^ "BREAKING: Gadar 2 sets a record; several theatres in small towns to play post-midnight and early morning shows for the FIRST TIME ever; Inox Raj Imperial, Surat to screen 13 shows between 12 AM and 6 AM". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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  24. ^ "'Gadar 2' movie review: Sunny Deol is superb in this middling sequel". The Hindu. 11 August 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  25. ^ "Gadar 2 review: Sunny Deol's chest-thumping actioner is stale, could have been avoided". Hindustan Times. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  26. ^ "'Gadar 2' Review: Sunny Deol film is entertainment, entertainment and entertainment!". India Today. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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  28. ^ "Gadar 2 Movie Review: Not A Sunny Deol Film & It's Only 2 Decades Late With The Release, Should've Released In The Next Week Of Part 1 With The Kind Of Efforts It Has Got From The Filmmaker". Koimoi. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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