Bollywood actor Sunny Deol has recently addressed the claims that his starrer ‘Gadar 2’ is an anti-Pakistan movie.
Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 has emerged as a blockbuster since its release on August 11.
In a recent interview with BBC Asian Network, when Sunny Deol was asked about his opinion on the criticism that Gadar 2 is an ‘anti-Pakistan’ movie, the actor said not to take the film too seriously, and called the claims a ‘political thing.’
The actor 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.
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He added, “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 Sunny was further told about the release of Gadar 2 during a ‘politically tense climate’ and asked to comment on the imagery of the antagonist (a Pakistani) in the film.
The actor 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.”
Directed by Anil Sharma, Gadar 2 sees the original cast Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Utkarsh Sharma reprise their roles of Tara Singh, Sakeena, and Charanjeet Singh, respectively.
Set in 1971, the film follows Tara Singh as he crosses the border in an attempt to rescue his son, who has been held captive in Pakistan. It has collected ₹438.7 crore at the box office so far.
