Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, which was released in 2001, celebrates 25 years since its debut this year. Marking the occasion, filmmaker Anil Sharma shared a major update about the third film in the franchise. The film, starring Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Amrish Puri in leading roles, was released alongside Aamir Khan’s Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India on June 15, 2001. Both films went on to become iconic cult classics.

Anil Sharma on Gadar 3

Speaking to Hindustan Times on the 25 years of Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, the film’s director Anil Sharma shared that he feels blessed about the film’s fanbase. “The day the film’s writer, Shaktimaan Talwar, narrated the story, I knew it had the potential to become India’s biggest hit film, and it did. Mother India (1957), Mughal-e-Azam (1960), and Sholay (1975) have been my favourite films, and I tried to make this on that level, and it made it to the top list. Besides blockbuster business, it got 10 crore footfalls, and no film has achieved that till date. Even Gadar 2 had half of this footfall,” he shared.