“Buy Tickets Themselves”: ‘Gadar 2’ Director’s Huge Accusation Against Other Filmmakers
Anil Sharma, who is basking in the success of ‘Gadar 2’, stated that in the desperation to make their films a hit, sometimes filmmakers take a route that shouldn’t be taken.
Director-producer Anil Sharma has struck gold at the box office with the release of his latest directorial ‘Gadar 2’. The much-anticipated sequel to the 2001 blockbuster ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ marked the return of Sunny Deol, reprising his iconic role as Tara Singh. With the new Hindi movie, Ameesha Patel also made her comeback to movies. ‘Gadar 2’, also starring Utkarsh Sharma, has so far collected Rs 460 crore and shattered several box office records. Recently, Anil Sharma spoke about the box office collection of ‘Gadar 2’, stating that is it “real” and not hyped.
In an interview with journalist Puja Talwar, Anil Sharma said that the industry has resorted to an unfortunate practice of fudging box office collections of their films to show that their project is a “hit”. Anil Sharma further called it a “damaging” trend.
The ‘Gadar 2’ director said, “What’s happening these days is, and it is a very sad thing, that sometimes a film, doesn’t become a hit, so the makers give fake numbers, buy tickets themselves and do a lot of other things to make their brand. But the audience feels cheated. That is damaging, because when another film comes, the audience doesn’t turn up. They feel, Ye sab jhoote log hai, fake log hai.”
The director said that ‘Gadar 2’ drew massive crowds to the theatres and also dominated the discourse off screen.
“In Gadar 2, we put out nett collections, everything is real. There is also real public watching the film. No one is questioning the collections of this film or calling it unreal. Logo ko sab dikh raha hai, people are watching the film, everyone is only talking about Gadar 2. Whenever films like these are made, people will come to watch,” he said.
He further said, “There was a time Sholay, Deewaar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Dharamveer, Mera Gaon Mera Desh and such films were made, which people would thoroughly enjoy in cinema halls, had that experience. When Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayegne released, people enjoyed a lot in cinema halls, same for Hum Aapke Hai Koun, Bajrangi Bhaijaan… So whenever the public enjoys, theatres will run houseful. You have to create moments where they can enjoy.”
‘Gadar 2’ is now eyeing to cross the Rs 500 crore mark at the domestic box office, before Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Jawan’ releases on September 7.
