Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (transl. Rebellion: A Love Story ) is a 2001 Indian romantic period action film directed by Anil Sharma and set during the Partition of India in 1947.[1] Loosely based on the life of Boota Singh, the film stars Sunny Deol and Amisha Patel in lead roles alongside Amrish Puri and Lillete Dubey.[2] Sharma's son Utkarsh as a child artist plays Deol and Patel's son, before his first film as an adult, another Sharma directorial Genius (2018).[3] Patel bagged Sakeena's role out of 500 girls who auditioned for the role.[4]

Budgeted at approximately ₹ 190 million (US$4.03 million), Gadar: Ek Prem Katha had a global cinema release on 15 June 2001, opposite Ashutosh Gowariker's sports drama Lagaan.[5] Despite receiving mixed reviews,[6] it grossed over ₹ 768.8 million (US$16.29 million) net in India and ₹ 1.33 billion (US$28.19 million) worldwide with a distributor share of ₹ 546 million (US$11.57 million), and went on to emerge as the highest-grossing Indian film since Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994).[7] Gadar: Ek Prem Katha is the second most-watched Hindi film in India since the 1990s, recording more than 50 million footfalls in India.[8] According to Box Office India, its adjusted gross in India is ₹ 4.86 billion (US$103 million) as per 2017 ticket sales.[9] The shy role of Deol was praised, earning him a Best Actor nomination at the ceremony of 47th Filmfare Awards, while Patel garnered the Filmfare Special Award as well as a nomination for Best Actress in the same function.[10] As of 2014, it has been one of the must-watch Bollywood films on the Partition of India.[11]