Gadar 2 to clash with Animal on Independence Day - Sunny Deol vs Ranbir Kapoor and Bobby Deol

In 2001, Sunny Deol and Anil Sharma teamed up to create one of the most historic blockbusters of Hindi Cinema, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. As Tara Singh, Sunny Deol travelled to Pakistan to fight for the love of his life, Sakeena (Ameesha Patel) and got the entire nation rooting for his journey. Gadar saw crowds like never before visiting the cinema halls in trucks, and busses even from the area's that didn't have cinema halls. The action-packed entertainer broke the 7-year-old record of Sooraj Barjatya's Hum Aapke hai Kaun to emerge the highest grossing film of all time in history of Indian cinema.

It's going to be Sunny Deol v/s Bobby Deol at the box office

22 years later, Anil Sharma is bringing back his Tara Singh with Gadar 2. The film is in the last leg of its shoot and the filmmaker has promised that the sequel will live onto the hype and carry forward the legacy of first part. Over the last few months, there have been speculations on the release of Gadar 2. And now, Pinkvilla has exclusively learnt that the producers, Zee Studios in consultation with director, Anil Sharma, and actor, Sunny Deol have locked the release date of Gadar 2. A source informs, "Gadar 2 is all set to release on August 11, 2023, coinciding with the Independence Day 2023 weekend. It's a film that celebrates the sense of being an Indian and there's no better period that Independence Day for it's release. The edit work is underway and an official announcement on the release date shall follow soon," revealed a source close to the development.

Interestingly, another film is announced for the Independence Day weekend, and that's the Sandeep Reddy Vanga directed Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Rashmika Mandanna. "It's going to be Sunny Deol vs Bobby Deol at the box office this Independence Day. While both the films are big scale saga's appealing to the masses, the period is big enough to accommodate both of them. Even Gadar: Ek Prem Katha had clashed with Lagaan at the box office, and the history will repeat itself for Gadar 2," added the source.