Gadar: Ek Prem Katha is a 2001 Bollywood movie starring Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, and Amrish Puri.

Plot

Set in 1947 during the Partition of India, the film tells the story of a truck driver, Tara Singh (Sunny Deol), a Sikh, who falls in love with a Muslim girl, Sakeena (Amisha Patel), belonging to an aristocratic family.

During the Hindu-Muslim riots that erupted soon after the Partition, Tara saves Sakina from a murderous mob chasing her. Subsequently, Sakena starts living in Tara’s house and the respect culminates into love.

Sakeena and Tara get married and become parents of a baby boy. Their life seems like a bed of roses, till Sakena lays her hands on an old newspaper that has a photograph of her father (Amrish Puri), who she believes had been killed during the riots that took place during the partition.

The father is now the Mayor of Lahore and when Sakeena calls him from the Pakistani Consulate in Delhi, he arranges to fly her to Lahore. But Tara and their son, who are supposed to accompany her to Lahore, are told at the last minute that their visa formalities have not been completed, which compels them to stay back on the Indian soil.

Sakeena reaches Lahore but is totally oblivious of her father’s plans, who wants her to get married to a Pakistani, take up politics as her career and forget all about India, her marriage and her son. After a long wait, an agitated Tara heads lands up in Lahore to get his wife back, but faces the ire of Sakeena's father and relatives.

Filming locations

A part of Gadar was famously shot at Bishop Cotton School.

Cast

* Sunny Deol ... Tara Singh
* Amisha Patel ... Sakeena
* Amrish Puri ... Ashraf Ali (Sakeena's father)
* Lillete Dubey ... Shabana (Sakeena's mother)
* Vivek Shauq ... Darmiyaan Singh
* Master Utkarsh Sharma ... Charanjeet
* Suresh Oberoi ... Taya
* Madhu Malti ... Tayee
* Pramod Mautho ... Gurdeep (Tara's father)
* Mushtaq Khan ... Gul Khan
* Dolly Bindra ... Gul Khan's wife
* Rakesh Bedi ... Vaidya
* Vishwajeet Pradhan ... Daroga Suleiman
* Tony Mirchandani ...
* Samar Jai Singh ... Salim
* Ahsaan Khan ... Abdul Ali
* Vikrant Chaturvedi ... Kalim
* Asha Bachchani ... Zaheera
* Naresh Sharma ... Baldev
* Rajshree Seem ... Baldev's wife
* Pratima Kazmi ... Greedy Woman
* Gyan Prakash ... Wali Mohammed
* Amita Khopkar ... Bano
* Prince Deepak ... Jumman
* Rahul ... Aslam
* Kanika Shivpuri ... Tara's mother
* Malvika Shivpuri ... Tara's mother
* Charan Preet ...
* Tarika Khanna ... Baby Sakina
* Master Polyster ... Baby Aslam
* Santosh Gupta ... Chanta
* Om Puri ... Narrator

Crew

* Producer: Nitin Keni
* Director: Anil Sharma
* Story: Shaktimaan
* Screenplay: Shaktimaan
* Dialogues: Shaktimaan
* Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
* Music: Uttam Singh
* Choreography: Jay Borade
* Editing: Keshav Naidu
* Costume Design: Bhavna

Box office

The movie grossed almost Rs. 70,00,00,000 and is the sixth highest grossing Bollywood movie when adjusted for inflation.

Music
The music is composed by Uttam Singh.

Awards

Winner:

* Filmfare Best Action Award - Tinnu Verma
* Filmfare Special Performance Award - Amisha Patel
* Sansui Best Actress Award - Amisha Patel
* Annual Filmgoers Awards - Best Actress - Amisha Patel

Nominated:

* Filmfare Best Film Award - Nitin Keni
* Filmfare Best Actor Award - Sunny Deol
* Filmfare Best Actress Award - Amisha Patel
* Filmfare Best Director Award - Anil Sharma
* Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Uttam Singh
* Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - Anand Bakshi
* Filmfare Best Villain Award - Amrish Puri
* Filmfare Best Male Playback Award - Udit Narayan
* IIFA Best Film Award - Tinnu Verma
* IIFA Best Director Award - Anil Sharma
* IIFA Best Actress Award - Amisha Patel
* IIFA Best Actor Award - Sunny Deol
* Star Screen Best Film Award - Nitin Keni
* Star Screen Best Actor Award - Sunny Deol
* Star Screen Best Actress Award - Amisha Patel
* Star Screen Best Director Award - Anil Sharma
* Zee Cine Award for Best Film - Nitin Keni
* Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female - Amisha Patel
* Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Male - Sunny Deol
* Zee Cine Award for Best Director - Anil Sharma
* Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role - Amrish Puri