Gadar 2 director reacts to reports of film being made on ₹100 crore budget: Sunny Deol...

Gadar 2, starring Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel as the main lead, is one of the highly anticipated movies of this year. However, ahead of the film's release, several reports claiming that the movie has been made on a budget of Rs. 100 crore  are doing rounds on the Internet. Nevertheless, filmmaker Anil Sharma revealed that the reports have been vastly exaggerated.

3 things you need to know

• Gadar 2 will be released in theatres on August 11.
• The film has been directed by Anil Sharma.
• The filmmaker revealed that Sunny Deol compromised on his remuneration for Gadar 2.

Anil Sharma reveals the truth behind the budget of Gadar 2

Speaking in an interview with Lehren Metro, the director said that the reports of the film costing from Rs 75 crore to Rs 100 crore were deeply exaggerated. When he was asked about confirming the budget, he said that such questions would be better posed to the studio. When he was asked whether Sunny Deol also charged the amount that he usually does, the filmmaker said that the actor compromised on recovering his fees on his own accord.

“We really made an effort to control everybody’s fees. Sunny’s fee is what it is, it’s okay, it’s just one person, but even he compromised quite a bit,” said the Gadar 2 director. He then compared how leading actors and directors charge gargantuan amounts while working on films, and supposedly took a shot at Adipurush by saying that sometimes, “the budgets end up ballooning up to Rs 600 crore, and sometimes the heroes charge Rs 150 crore and Rs 200 crore.” 

Gadar 2 director thanks Indian Army

On the same topic, he said that the Indian Army and the government’s involvement in the project helped the film with ‘aid and subsidies.’ He said, “ The Army supported us so much, they gave us tanks, locations, soldiers. I’m very thankful to the Army. We shot in UP, we got a lot of help from the ministry there.” Gadar 2 is set to release on August 11, and will clash with the Akshay Kumar starrer OMG 2 at the box office.