Ameesha Patel recalls her popularity enganced following Gadar’s success
Ameesha Patel recalls her popularity enganced following Gadar’s success
Ameesha Patel became a household name after the massive success of Gadar.
Ameesha Patel has worked in several big Bollywood films, but it was Gadar with Sunny Deol that shot her to fame and won for her name fame. She became an household name.
The 2001 romantic period action drama, featuring Sunny Deol in the lead role, is the second most-watched film in India since the 1990s. But not many know it was Sanjay Leela Bhansali who advised her to retire after the film’s success.
Anil Sharma’s directorial Gadar, set amidst the partition of India in 1947 set ablaze the box and setting many landmarks including 50 million+ footfalls in India. The film made a total collection of $1.33 billion worldwide. A sequel was released in 2023, received massive praises, and became the eighth highest-grossing Hindi film of all time.
While Gadar 2 reprised Ameesha Patel as Sakina, it would not have been possible had she listened to the advice of Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Ameesha Patel had revealed in her interview that Sanjay Leela Bhansali, after watching Gadar, wrote a really beautiful letter, complimentary letter to her and when she had a meeting with him, he said, ‘Ameesha, you should retire now.’ She asked Why?’ and he said it’s because she has already achieved in two films what most people don’t achieve in their entire career.
Once in a lifetime, a Mughal-e-Azam, a Mother India, a Pakeezah, a Sholay gets made. But you (Ameesha) had it in her second film. So what’s next?’ She didn’t understand it at that time because she was a kid, so new to the film world.
Meanwhile, Ameesha, after basking in major success in Gadar – Ek Prem Katha featured in many other superhit films. Her filmography includes Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Race 2, among others.
In 2019, Ameesha Patel also collaborated with Salman Khan who hosted Bigg Boss 13 as the owner of the house. Her inclusion received a mixed response by the viewers.
News Edit K.V.Raman
