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'This time I'm not nervous'Bombay, 4 June: Anil Sharma's comes online to talk about his latest Gadar. In the Chat, Sharma is confident that his period film, set during the Partition, will go on to become a major box office hit. [When released on 15 July 2001, it saw 100 per cent opening in most parts of India and has already been declared a hit.] Anil Sharma, a typical family man, spoke about the making of this epic love story, his fears and the Partition.
Mr Anil Sharma : Hi, I'm here and it is my pleasure to
talk to you, I'm waiting for your questions. kuldeep : hello tell me about gadar... Mr Anil Sharma : Gadar is a film based on the Partion time 1947, a love story, and it is releasing on the 15th June, you watch and you will know everything about it. jasssu : hello, sir, what is the theme of gadar???? Mr Anil Sharma : The theme of the film is when during the days of bloodshed in 1947 when partition occured, when over 10 lakh people were killed and 3-4 crore people homeless and migrating from India to Pakistan and vice versa, so in that atomosphere of such tragic proportions, a flower of love can bloom, then why not in todays time in between India and Pakistan karen : mr sharma anilji, why is sunny deol always playing the role of a sardarji???? Mr Anil Sharma : I think he is playing this for the second time and in my film he is not exactly a Sardarji, he is a Punjabi Jat. In Punjab, there is a group known as the Jat Sikhs. Sometimes they wear a turban. Basically they are mona (people who cut their hair) and sometime they keep long hair. In my film, Sunny suits the role of a Jat Sikh so much that he is doing it, and it is for the first time Sunny is playing a Jat Sikh. satpal : ke yaar, mainu to een love storyiyo se pareshaan ho gaya! is this a love story of a sardarji and a muslim girl? Mr Anil Sharma : Yaar kamal hai papa, lo love se bhi pareshan honde hain! :-) Tera toh phir Ravi bhala kaega , tu karde ape ko 'rab ke hawale' karen : sirji, at least tell us if the ending is happy or sad!!!! Mr Anil Sharma : Why are you so eager about it? Wait till the 15th and go to the theater and you will come to know and only one hint I can give you, I make a film to make people feel happy but maybe this time... Wait and watch ;-) beelzebul : what motivated you to make this movie? Mr Anil Sharma : I wanted to do something different as a director as a creative person you make a film set in a period you have to shoot you have to think you have to write everything in a different way, even the body langauge of an artiste is different and to creare acertain era, always excites a director and always gives one creative satisfaction.Secondly I was always I was touched by the partition 1947 where our new country India was born. The labour pain to which this country had where more than 10 lakh people were killed and crores of people were homeles always touched me but our younger generation does not know much about it though I was not born at that time but through the books and what I heard through the people of that age moved me and that was enough inspiration for me to make this film arvind71 : hi anilji,12 days ahead of release,how do u expect gadar to perform on the box office ? Mr Anil Sharma : Ahhhh(sigh) whenever my films release I feel very nervous but whenever I start my film I feel very confident and when I start that film I know it is going to be a hit.But when it is about to release I feel nervous, but this time I'm not nervous, Pray for me! arvind71 : sunny deol looks ab stunning ...congrats to u for tapping his potential.... Mr Anil Sharma : Thank you very much and you will more happier after seeing him in the film that I promise let me kno what you think when u see the film @ anilsharma_dir@hotmail.com arvind71 : as a director,what is the most striking part of the film ? Mr Anil Sharma : Every frame and every moment of the film is striking for me yuvrajshetty : hi sir why u alway;s use anil dhanda as u r camerman he is lucky for u Mr Anil Sharma : Sory in this film Mr Najeeb Khan is the cameraman arvind71 : what made u pick up Amisha for this film ?People seem to have written her off... Mr Anil Sharma : I have signed Amisha Patel much before the release of Kaho Naa I have been through the photogarphs of over 400 girls after I finased 40 girls and screen tested them amisha was one of them so there is no question of her being written off, she is a very talented and hardworking girl, people will be amazed to see her in this film and people will see shine like the moon in the sky and you will keep her photograph in your pocket;-) yuvrajshetty : what about sadashiv why u have not taken him in this movie Mr Anil Sharma : Because no role was suiting him in the film, most of the actors are from NFDC and stage artistes, the film is based in the Punjab backdrop so I wanted the artiste to suit the backdrop vk : wht r u planning for next Mr. Anil Mr Anil Sharma : I'm planning a couple of films one called The Hero starring Sunny Deol and Priyanka Chopra, ohers are in the pipeline still to be finalised, wait rajesh : are you planning any movie with DHARMENDRA? Mr Anil Sharma : Lets see....I still feel he has a lot of power in him, if some subject suit him I will definitely work with him jitsachin : mr anil ji pls tell us about suunys role in the movie Mr Anil Sharma : He is playing a Jat truck driver a folk singer Arpita : Mr. Anil can you tell me something about workign with Sunny and Amisha, I mean they had a lotta age differance? Mr Anil Sharma : Both the artistes suit the character when you will see the film on 15th June you yourself will relase ...please write to me your opinion at anilsharma_dir@hotmail.com bongdu : sir tell me about the music of gadar.. i really enjoyed the sonds i've heard so far Mr Anil Sharma : You yourself have told me so what should I tell you, I feel happy that you have enjoyed the songs and tell your friends to also listen to the music of Gadar anup : why is everyone running around making period films?arent u going with the tide? Mr Anil Sharma : Infact in India there are very few period films, you can count them on your fingers almost .1%. And second thing I started working my shooting one year before at that time rarely people were thinking of making a period film Arpita : oh great it is realeasing on my birthday! well please tell me...will this be a remake of shahid-E-mohabbat? if you have seen the movie that is... Mr Anil Sharma : Happy Birthday in advance. No, but seeing is believing, so you watch the film on 15th June. It is a humble present from my side to you sanjay : hi anil first of all i would like to wish u a very best for ur films release and ur promos r interesting alsojust wanna know what made u think of making a film like gadar Mr Anil Sharma : Thanks for liking the promos, I have answered the second part of your questions ealier. anup : sir did the movie shape out as you wanted it to be? Mr Anil Sharma : Yes by the grace of God. snady : I liked your first movie, shradhanjali but after that most of your moviees were trash Mr Anil Sharma : Thank you very much for liking my film Shradhhanjli, when the gentry was not coming to the theater because of the video trend set in the early 80's and 90's there was only one choice to make film for the massess and all the films were successful with the masses, now the gentry and good discerning audiences are coming back to the theater this time I have tried to make a film for THE MASSES AND CLASSSES BOTH, SEE the film and then let me know about it GF : Do you think your film with clash with Amir's Lagaan? the audience will have enough of period films Mr Anil Sharma : Both are set in different period and 100 crore people live in India that is a lot of audience to watch a film and secondly people have lot watched a good film for a long time, atleast I haven't. scoobido : hi mr anil this is sunil here from nizam and i am basically a film distributor and now to the point here i got to know that many distributors have come to u for the movie ,but inspite of all the deals why did the distributors backed out is it becoz they are afraid about the subject of the film or the price Mr Anil Sharma : I'm the director of the film and I don't know about the business side much, I don't even want to know about the business aspect of Gadar. Christy : You have worked with both Dharmendra and Sunny Deol....What's the difference? Mr Anil Sharma : It is very difficult to reply to thi question because as much as I'm workin with Sunny I keep finding more of Dharmendra in him. Dharmendra is a very versatile actor who is an allrounder action/comedy/emotion and the kind of the films he has delivered it is very difficult for any actor to match. In his days he used to deliver 4-5 hit films in a single year, where most of todays actors give 1 hit film in 4-5 years. And Sunny he is a very subtle artiste who performs from deep within hi soul and straight from the heart, as far as my kwowledge goes he is theonly actor from mainstream cinem,a who got 2 tme national award, maybe a third time for Gadar... mahendra : hello anil sharma why are u rekindling the hatred between pakistanis and indian by making such films Mr Anil Sharma : I'm making this film to crete the love ties in between India and Pakistan, I tink you not read my title carefully it is Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and through history I'm showing that one should not repeat the mistakes of our past. Because love is supreme Arpita : , :) thanks a lot Mr. Anil and I hope to see you make your next film in Toronto...and us Toronto fans are awaiting your movie...but 1 last question...what is your next venture gonna be?? Mr Anil Sharma : Thank you very much for awaiting the release of my film which is releasing on 15th June and my next film is The Hero and incidentally it is set in Canada only so see you there sahana : Have any ideas of working with amitabh bachan and his son Mr Anil Sharma : Yes that is one dream and it will be fulfilled one day VEERAPPAN : U HAVE YOUNG ACTORS IN BOLLYWOOD THEN WHY U CHOOSE AN OLDY Mr Anil Sharma : Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro all are working as hero in Hollywood, why can't you people accept real men as heros? Always slipping for the Chikna's, no pun indented;-) dear : , howz amisha differnt than her first film anilji ?, howz amisha differnt than her first film anilji ?, howz amisha differnt than her first film anilji ? Mr Anil Sharma : See the film and judge for yourself satti : Hey Anil !!! This is SATTI FROM Washington DC Mr Anil Sharma : Hi, see Gadar on the 15th scoobido : hey mr anil are u not worried about the subject u have chosen ,i mean its completely delt with the contravercy Mr Anil Sharma : I don't think it has any controversy in it we make films to entertain the people, good cinema should be kept away from any controversy, controveries are created by people who have no work VEERAPPAN : DON'T COMPARE HOLLY WOOD WITH BOLLYWOOD THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE IN CASTING Mr Anil Sharma : Do you wear Jeans or do you wear dhoti? We are a progressive country and trend are changing everwhere and we don't have the money and the market like Hollywood but I tell you in the conditions we work in Bollywood, Hollywod can't imagine and in Bollywood the creativity is no less than Bollywood satish : Mr.Anil from the ad of Gadhar ek premkatha it seems dubbing was not used but the original sequence on the sets Mr Anil Sharma : Yes the promos are like that shibani : mr. anil, is it a coincidence that two patriotic films are releasing together Mr Anil Sharma : Yes LEOTHEFRND : r u satisfied with ur earlier films Mr Anil Sharma : Some what but in the true sense a creative person is never satisfied, the day you are satisfied you are finished VEERAPPAN : i WEAR DHOTHI IN HOME AND JEANS WHEN I GO OUT CASUALLY Mr Anil Sharma : From our heart we are Indian but in making we want to be as good as Hollywood, anything wrong with that? Arpita : :-( Anilji you didn't answer me....my message was:ohh wow...this is great! well please do tell me where you're shooting's gonna be so that I can come meet you and your crew...in any case you can mail me at arpita786@hotmail.com if at all you get any time...so will you mail me ergarding shooting in Toronto? Mr Anil Sharma : The locations have still not been finalised, you will come to know when we reach there Mr Anil Sharma : Thank you friends, it was nice talking to you all, my film Gadar Ek Prem Katha is releasing on 15th June, please see and give your opinion at anilsharma_dir@hotmail.com and pray for the success of the film and only you people can make this great effort of my team come true. It was not easy to make this film, please pray for us
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