Anindita Mukherjee from India Today gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Gadar 2 supersedes expectations, as it successfully tugs at your heartstrings.Read at source
Gadar 2 2023
Synopsis
Gadar 2
Gadar 2 (transl. Rebellion 2), subtitled on-screen with The Katha Continues, is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film directed by Anil Sharma and written by Shaktimaan Talwar. The sequel to Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), it stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Utkarsh Sharma, all reprising their lead roles from the original, with Simrat Kaur, Manisha Wadhwa, and Gaurav Chopra.
- Director
- Anil Sharma
- Release
- 11 Jul 2023
- Studio
- Zee Studios
- Run time
- 173 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
4 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Gadar 2 is 39/100 from India Today and Shubhra Gupta (The Indian Express) and Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 6 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 3
Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times wrote "Gadar 2 does falter in terms of story and its pace, though it brings back the mass entertainment and that can surely make it a paisa vasool watch."Read at source
Anuj Kumar from The Hindu wrote "It is not as provocative as the original as driver Anil Sharma seeks to take a middle path.Read at source
Critical 1
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "What we can confirm is that Sunny paaji can still snarl effectively, and that dhai-kilo-ka-haath has residual potency.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Udd Jaa Kaale Kaava Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
- Khairiyat Arijit Singh
- Main Nikla Gaddi Leke Udit Narayan, Aditya Narayan
- Dil Jhoom Arijit Singh
- Sura Soi Sukhwinder Singh
- Chal Tere Ishq Mein Neeti Mohan, Vishal Mishra, Shehnaz Akhtar, Sahil Akhtar, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi, Mithoon
- Udd Jaa Kaale Kaava Udit Narayan, Jubin Nautiyal
- Udd Jaa Kaale Kaava Palak Muchhal
- Chal Tere Ishq Mein Vishal Mishra
- Khairiyat Sakshi Holkar
- Dil Jhoom Vishal Mishra
- Tuk Tuk Tenu Asees Kaur
- Bata De Sakhi Rekha Bhardwaj
- Rabb Jeya Sohnaa Gaurav Chati
- Babul Asees Kaur
- Wasl Ki Suvarna Tiwari
- Come Closer Kairvina Sharma
Technical specs
- Release date
- 11 Jul 2023
- Run time
- 173 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Anil Sharma
- Studio
- Zee Studios
- Budget
- ₹60 crore
- Distributor
- Zee Studios
Trivia
- Gadar 2 grossed over ₹691.08 crore worldwide against a production budget of ₹60 crore.
- The film became the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of 2023 and the tenth highest-grossing Hindi film of all-time.
- Sunny Deol was initially hesitant to reprise his role because he believed films like Gadar could only be made once in history.
- Director Anil Sharma convinced Sunny Deol to return by stating that the entire nation had requested a sequel.
- The character of Gul Khan, played by Mushtaq Khan, was based on a real person named Qasi Sahab.
- The likeness of the late Amrish Puri was used to bring back his character Ashraf Ali through arc technology.
Tags
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