Aishwarya Rai and not Amesha Patel was the makers first choice?
Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 is making waves at the box office. Gadar 2 has become the highest grossing Hindilanguage film of the year 2023. The pairing of tara Singh and Sakina has been very much liked in the Gadarfranchise. Their chemistry in both the films has been successful in winning the hearts of the fans. In the film,Sunny Deol has played the role of tara Singh and ameesha patel has played the role of Sakina. But do youknow ameesha patel was not the first choice for the role of Sakina. director Anil Sharma himself has nowrevealed this.Anil Sharma told in an interview given to bollywood Thikana that at the time of Gadar, he had many actresses inhis mind. He narrated the script to 2-3 actresses, some of whom also liked it. aishwarya rai bachchan and Kajolwere also included in it. However, Anil refused to tell why those actresses had rejected Gadar.Choosing between heroine and Amrish PuriAnil then told that Zee Studio had talked to an actress who had agreed to play the role of Sakina but she wascharging too much money. The budget of the film was very tight, so the producers asked me to choose betweenAmrish puri and the heroine.Anil Sharma chose amrish puri and the producersSaid that he will not cast any heroine. He said- amrish puri was very important, the film could not have beenmade without him. He wanted this kind of powerful Ashraf Ali.