'Gadar 2': Ameesha Patel shares movie labelled 'gutter' before release; talks about bond with director

The trailer of 'Gadar 2' was unveiled in Mumbai on July 26. At the event, Ameesha Patel recalled how she was discouraged from playing a mother's role in the 2001 blockbuster 'Gadar'.

She said, ‘When Anil ji had narrated me the story of the first Gadar, there were several people–I don’t want to take names–popular names of the film industry, bigwigs from the industry, they said why would you do this role? I was working in a Salman Khan film, where I was a college girl, in an Ajay Devgn film, I was a college student, in both the films with Hrithik Roshan, I was a college student.’

Ameesha added, ‘So, when this story was narrated to me and Kaho Na Pyaar Hai was yet to release, everyone told me I won’t be able to do the role of a mother! I love challenges, I want to step out of my comfort zone and conquer them. I had faith, I knew my director was brilliant. I knew a love story so beautiful was never written and will not ever be written. I just had to say yes.’

She also shared that she was hurt when people labelled 'Gadar' as 'gutter' prior to its release.

‘Before Gadar was released, people called it ‘gutter’. It really hurt me, I thought I won’t be dejected but in fact, work harder. When Gadar 2 was in talks, the same conversations started happening. ‘Dude have you seen yourself on Instagram?’, that a girl who did Lazy Lamhe, how can she do Gadar now? How will she play a mother to a boy in his 20s? Those same questions were raised. But I just had to do it. We kept doing look tests for hours on end. Finally, I got a text from Anil Sharma, who wrote, ‘My precious Sakina is back’, he said.

At the event, Ameesha, who complained about mismanagement on sets, also spoke about her equation with director Anil Sharma. She said they share a father-daughter relationship. She said they fight, block each other and come back.

'Gadar 2' releases on August 11.

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