Did you know that theatres had to screen the movie at early morning shows timed 6 AM solely because of audience demand?ĥ. But his story did not have a happy ending Boota Singh committed suicide when his wife gave in to family pressure.Ĥ. Like it happened in the film, when his wife was deported to Pakistan, Boota followed her there to get her back. Boota Singh served the country during World War II at the Burma front and tied the knot with a Muslim girl whom he had rescued from the riots during Partition. Gadar: Ek Prem Katha is based on the true story of Boota Singh who was a Sikh ex-soldier in the British army. The director wanted the vivacious Kajol for the movie, but when she couldn’t be a part of the project due to date issues, Ameesha was finalized.ģ. Ameesha Patel too was not the original choice for the role of Sakina.
And what a decision it was! The film not only became hugely successful but also turned out to be the highest-grossing movie of Sunny Deol.Ģ. But following the debacle that the 1998 Govinda-starrer Maharaja turned out to be, he decided to cast Sunny Deol as the leading man. While it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Sunny Paaji in the role of Tara Singh, the director Anil Sharma originally wanted to cast Govinda for the role. The film was also a visual treat with major chunks of it having been shot in Shimla, Dalhousie, Sarna, Amritsar and Pathankot.Īs Gadar: Ek Prem Katha completes a glorious 17 years, let us fill you in on some interesting behind-the-scenes facts that we bet you did not know about this blockbuster.ġ. Tara Singh (Sunny Deol), a Sikh man from Amritsar, falls head over heels in love with a Muslim girl called Sakina (Ameesha Patel) hailing from a sophisticated family with political connections in Lahore. The film was an action drama set against the Partition of India in 1947 and weaved in a beautiful love story that was beating heart of this beautifully mounted period film. Starring two of the most powerful performers in Sunny Deol and Amrish Puri and the then new girl on the block, Ameesha Patel, in the leading roles, the film was directed by Anil Sharma. Gadar: Ek Prem Katha released in 2001, broke a number of box-office records and also set new yardsticks for films in India.