Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) on Netflix
During the Partition of India, Sikh trucker Tara Singh shields Sakina, a Muslim woman, from a mob and claims her as his wife. They marry and raise a son in Amritsar.
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Plot summary
Communal violence erupts as India is partitioned in 1947, and people cross between the new nations of India and Pakistan. An agreement holds that no one must leave their home, but it breaks down and thousands flee. Tara Singh, a Sikh trucker, takes part in reprisals against Muslim refugees, and his own family is killed on the road as they try to reach India. When he finds Sakina Ali, a Muslim woman he remembers from her student days in Shimla, he pulls her out of the crowd and marks her forehead with blood to claim her as his wife. Sakina believes her family has perished, so she stays with him, and the two marry and raise a son, Charanjeet, in Amritsar.
Cast
- Madhumalti Kapooras Tayee
- Vishwajeet Pradhanas Sulemaan
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001)
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- Kajol was offered the role of Sakina but turned it down because the film did not match her preferences, and Aishwarya Rai was also considered before newcomer Ameesha Patel won the part through a 12-hour audition against more than 500 candidates.
- Gadar's release sparked protests, arson and violence in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bhopal from Muslim groups objecting to its interfaith marriage story, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was petitioned to ban the film in the state, though no ban came.
- A year earlier, filming at the Bara Imambara in Lucknow was protested by Shia Muslims, forcing the production to reshoot those scenes at the nearby Rumi Gate.
- Gadar became the highest-grossing Hindi film of its time, surpassing the record then held by Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994).
- Though the film is set in 1947, it includes a rendition of the song "Que Sera Sera," which was not published until 1956.
