Can one man defeat the whole army and air force? Most of us will say, No. But the director of GADAR says, Yes.
Here comes the Indian version of Rambo and Terminator. Starring: -Sunny deol, Amisha Patel and Amrish Puri. Directed by Anil Sharma and produced by Zee Films.
The story is set during the India-Pakistan partition.
Sunny deol is a Sikh truck driver, and amisha patel a Daughter of Muslim party chief, Amrish Puri. They fall in love, which can be termed as a pathetic love story. Truck Driver (sunny deol) even sings in the college annual day function. Let me finish this fairy tale in short - come to the day of India-Pakistan partition. When amrish puri is fleeing India, amisha gets lost. When people from the opposite belief try to kill her, our super-hero sunny deol comes in the picture, and applies his blood to her ‘maang’. Then he says, now she is ‘sikhni’. Years pass, sunny and amisha are happily married with their only son. One day suddenly, amisha finds her father’s photo in a newspaper, and comes to know, Amrish puri is a mayor in Pakistan. Amrish puri who does not like sunny deol as his son-in-law tries to get her daughter to Pakistan by fraud.
Our super-hero sunny deol manages to get into Pakistan. Who says, only paki’s enter India illegally? Anyways, he finds amisha and his son, naturally; after all he is the hero. Our super-hero’s father-in-law wants him to embrace Islam. Our super-hero, who does not believe in one religion, accepts the offer. When he is said to degrade India, he smashes the whole army standing there single handedly. Only high point in gadar is this scene, which shows true patriotism. The whole smashing-thrashing scene is far from reality, but passable.
Next scene, our super-hero defeats the army and air force, and reaches India safely with his wife and son.
Sometimes I feel why doesn’t our government send just sunny deol to kill all the terrorists in indo-pak border. Why to waste so much of manpower, when we have super-hero?
I was cursing myself for not bringing my regular earplugs, which I use during these kinds of movies. Music is pathetic. I think this is director’s way of punishing us, for watching pathetic movies.
Performance wise, sunny deol is passable, but irritating sometimes. Amisha looked gorgeous, but she needs to polish her acting skills, and stop over-acting. Amrish puri is at his regular best.
Direction is the biggest disaster, and story is far from reality.
It’s high time our filmmakers stop these kinds of pathetic movies. These kinds of movies only add fuel to the already tense environment, which we are living in. Patriotism should be shown in good spirit, not by degrading others. Most of the people will argue about the box-office status. I will say, only one thing; friend is better than an enemy. Make friends and spread peace, not enemies and hatred.
GADAR is a mediocre movie, which does not deserve to be seen.