Sunny Deol starrer 'Gadar 2' has crossed the lifetime box office collection of the Hindi version of 'Baahubali 2'.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh in a post on X (formerly Twitter) said that 'Gadar 2' has become the second highest-grossing Hindi film of all time.
The movie, which was released on August 11 is still running in the theatres and has earned Rs 515.04 crore till Sunday.
'Gadar 2' Box Office Collection Update
Here's how much 'Gadar 2' has collected at the domestic box office in five weeks since its release:
Week 1: Rs 284.63 crore
Week 2: Rs 134.47 crore
Week 3: Rs 63.35 crore
Week 4: Rs 27.55 crore
Week 5: Rs 5.03 crore
Total: Rs 515.03 crore
#Gadar2 crosses *lifetime biz* of #Baahubali2 #Hindi… Becomes SECOND-HIGHEST grossing #Hindi film.
September 11, 2023
⭐️ Week 1: ₹ 284.63 cr
⭐️ Week 2: ₹ 134.47 cr
⭐️ Week 3: ₹ 63.35 cr
⭐️ Week 4: ₹ 27.55 cr
⭐️ Weekend 5: ₹ 5.03 cr
⭐️ Total: ₹ 515.03 cr#India biz. Nett BOC. #Boxoffice pic.twitter.com/WkCEs7l42mEarlier this month, 'Gadar 2' director Anil Sharma said that creating a mass entertainer that is an amalgamation of real and ficition is a daunting task.
The film is a sequel to his 2001 blockbuster “Gadar: Ek Prem Katha”. It features Sunny Deol as his iconic character Tara Singh along with Ameesha Patel as Sakeena and Utkarsh Sharma as their son Charanjeet Singh.
“It is not easy make a mass entertainer. It is difficult because you have to show this larger-than-life hero in a way that whatever he does seems real yet entertaining. While making a realistic movie you can talk to the person and others on whom the story is based, but to add heroism in a film is challenging,' Sharma told PTI in an interview.
Referring to the popular the handpump scene from 'Gadar', the filmmaker said it is hard to create a situation which makes the hero's actions believable.
'The key is to make things convincing, which is a challenge in terms of writing and shooting,” he added.
Set in 1971, “Gadar 2” follows Tara Singh's journey to Pakistan to rescue his son, Charanjeet Singh from the Pakistani Army.
A section of the audience has called out the film for its 'anti-Pakistan' tone, but according to Sharma he is not trying to target Pakistan or a community.
“In the film, we have rather said, 'Hindustan Musalmano ka hai', then how come we are bashing them? We have rather shown that the country belongs to everyone irrespective of one's religion,” he added.
(With PTI inputs)
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