EXCLUSIVE: Ameesha Patel says Sanjay Leela Bhansali told her to retire after Gadar released: “He said you’ve already achieved in two films what most people don't achieve in their entire career”

Bollywood actor Ameesha Patel is back on the big screen with the latest Gadar 2. The film stars Sunny Deol and Utkarsh Sharma. It has collected Rs. 388.60 crores at the Indian box office. In a chat with Bollywood Hungama, the actress spoke at length about her career, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and more. During the conversation, she recalled how after the release of Gadar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali asked her to retire.

 

EXCLUSIVE: Ameesha Patel says Sanjay Leela Bhansali told her to retire after Gadar released: “He said you’ve already achieved in two films what most people don't achieve in their entire career”

 

“Mr. Sanjay Leela Bhansali, after watching Gadar, wrote a really beautiful letter, a complimentary letter to me. And when I had a meeting with him, he said, ‘Ameesha, you should retire now.’ I said, ‘Why?’ He said, ‘Because you’ve already achieved in two films what most people don't achieve in their entire career. Once in a lifetime, a Mughal-e-Azam, a Mother India, a Pakeezah, a Sholay gets made. You had it in your second film. So what's next?' I didn't understand it at that time because I was a kid, so new to the film world," Ameesha Patel told Bollywood Hungama.

 

In the same conversation, she added, “Gadar set the bar so high that anything in my films that were superhits after that, whether it was Humraaz (2002), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) or Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), it was a straight comparison to Gadar.”

 

Gadar 2 is currently running in theatres. The film, helmed by Anil Sharma, is closing at Rs. 400 crore at the box office.

 

 

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