Sunny Deol starrer 'Gadar 2' has received immense love and appreciation. But it also received criticism as it was called an 'anti-Pakistan' film by a few.
Sunny Deol starrer 'Gadar 2' was released in theatres on August 11. Directed by Anil Sharma, the movie also starred Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur Randhawa and Manish Wadhwa in pivotal roles. Sunny and Ameesha have reprised the roles of Tara Singh and Sakina. The sequel to 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' is running successfully in theatres. The movie has received immense love and appreciation. But it also received criticism as it was called an 'anti-Pakistan' film by a few.
Sunny has now reacted to it in an interview. He told BBC Asian Network not to take the film too seriously, and called the claims a 'political thing'.
Sunny who is also an MP of Gurdaspur said, "See, it's basically a political thing mostly. It's not actually the people, genuine people, because, at the end of the day, it's all humanity there. Whether it's here or there (Pakistan), everyone's together. And even you'll see that throughout the film (Gadar 2), I never run anybody down, because I don't believe in running people down or anything and Tara Singh is not that kind of a person."
The actor was also told that the film released during a 'politically tense climate' and when he was asked about the imagery of the antagonist who is a Pakistani character in the film, Sunny said, "We all want peace, you know, and nobody wants all this thing to happen. But it's high time the politicians started seeing the world not from [the point of view of votes] because everybody does it for the sake of votes… Don't take this film so seriously... cinema comes in for entertainment. It's not coming from any other point of view".
He added, ''And then obviously, there's an exaggeration in cinema because that's how you want the characters to be. If they're not exaggerated, you don't enjoy it. Because if a person is bad, you want to say no, he is bad. If a person is good, you want to see the person good. And that's a certain sector of cinema."
'Gadar 2' is set in 1971, and it shows how Tara Singh crosses the border to rescue his son, who has been held captive in Pakistan.