Gadar 2

Gadar 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnil Sharma
Written byShaktimaan Talwar
Produced byAnil Sharma
Kamal Mukut
Starring
Narrated byNana Patekar
CinematographyNajeeb Khan
Edited byAshfaque Makrani
Sanjay Sankla
Music bySongs:
Mithoon
Uttam Singh
Monty Sharma
Background Score:
Monty Sharma
Production
companies
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 11 August 2023 (2023-08-11)
Running time
173 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹60 crore[2][3]
Box office₹691.08 crore[4]

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.[5] It is a sequel to Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) with Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma reprising their starring roles from the previous film.[6] During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Tara Singh returns to India and Pakistan in order to rescue his imprisoned son Jeete.

Gadar 2 was theatrically released on 11 August 2023 to negative reviews from critics. A major commercial success, it grossed over 691.08 crore (US$83 million) worldwide against a production budget of 60 crore (US$7.2 million), becoming the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of 2023, the ninth highest-grossing Hindi film of all-time, and the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film in India.[7][8][9]

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  5. ^ "Real Hero: 'गदर' में 'तारा सिंह' ने किया कमाल, लेकिन असल हीरो रहे पर्दे के पीछे, यश चोपड़ा ने खुद किया था फोन". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 14 June 2023. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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  9. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (8 January 2024). "From Jawan's Rs. 600+ crores to 21 films earning in Rs. 0-1 crore range, here are the MOST DEFINITIVE box office RECORDS of 2023". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.