Anil Sharma Says Govinda Was Never Approached for Gadar

Home Entertainment‘He Must’ve Forgotten’: Anil Sharma Clarifies Govinda Was Never Approached For Gadar

Anil Sharma, the director of Gadar and Gadar 2, has as soon as once more clarified that Govinda was by no means approached for Sunny Deol’s position of Tara Singh.

Govinda by no means approached for Gadar.

While Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Anila Sharma are basking within the success of Gadar 2, hearsay mills have been suggesting that Govinda was initially approached for the position of Tara Singh, whereas Kajol was thought-about for the a part of Sakina in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Now, the director of each Gadar and Gadar 2, Anil Sharma has cleared the air saying that Govinda was by no means provided Gadar. During a current interplay with Bollywood Thikana, the filmmaker mentioned that Sunny Deol was all the time presupposed to be Tara Singh.

Explaining all the misunderstanding, Anil Sharma was quoted as saying, “Bechare, unko nahi yaad raha hoga (The poor guy must have forgotten). I was working with him on something and I told him I had a story for Sunny Deol. He asked me what it was, and I told him. He said it’s good that I went to Sunny, because he could never have done the movie.”

The filmmaker additional revealed that as he narrated the script of Gadar to Govinda, he assumed that the director wished him to do the film. Anil Sharma added that he had already signed Sunny Deol for Gadar earlier than assembly Govinda.

The director added, “Bade aadmi they, itni filmein karte they uss waqt, yeh choti si baat thi, dimaag se nikal gayi (He was a huge star back then, he use to be very busy, this small incident must have skipped his mind).”

Anil Sharma shared {that a} related incident came about with Salman Khan and Gadar 2, the place the Kick actor confirmed curiosity after listening to the story, whereas Sunny Deol had already been roped in for the position.

All About Gadar 2

Released on August 11 this yr, Gadar 2 has managed to mint greater than Rs 500 crore on the home field workplace. With Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma reprising their roles as Tara Singh, Sakeena and Jeete respectively, the challenge additionally noticed Gaurav Chopra, Manish Wadhwa, Manoj Bakshi, Aarya Sharma, Simrat Kaur and Luv Sinha taking part in vital characters.

Gadar 2 talks about Tara Singh’s (Sunny Deol) return to Pakistan to rescue his son earlier than the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.