Actor Utkarsh Sharma, who plays the role of Sunny Deol's son in Gadar, reveals that he initially refused to do the film. Watch the exclusive interview.
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00:00 Because you were there and in Gadar 1, you were a kid.
00:03 Yeah.
00:04 Do you remember anything at all about it?
00:06 I do, because you know how your childhood memories are...
00:11 You remember some hints.
00:13 I don't think I remember much before Gadar,
00:16 but I do remember everything about Gadar.
00:18 Because it was such a good drama, I remember everything.
00:22 Right from when I was cast to when I saw it first time in the theatres.
00:27 And it was a pure coincidence because my parents wanted me to study.
00:33 And I didn't have any intention to study, I was more into my toys and cricket.
00:37 Yeah, and washing.
00:39 But it was such a situation that they needed a child who will be able to do whatever stunts they say,
00:45 work day and night and more than that, get a 6 month leave from school.
00:51 So, I feel the EP's vision I would say,
00:56 I am saying anything, but still he asked me that do I want to act.
01:02 And I said, I rejected it, I don't want to.
01:06 But then there was an expression on his face and there was a certain worry that now what,
01:13 shootings and all that.
01:15 But then I remember saying, no I will do it.
01:17 You are worried, I will do it for you.
01:20 You were about 8-9 years old?
01:21 No, I was 4-5.
01:22 Oh, that small.
01:23 Yeah.
01:24 Okay.
01:24 Yeah, so, it got done and then they made it extreme,
01:30 they said we have to do a 72 hour schedule.
01:32 I was tensed.
01:33 They put him on Sunny's shoulder and on a 40 km train,
01:39 he is on Sunny's shoulder and jumping from one box to another.
01:43 He is going on buses, walking here and there.
01:47 And you were the father, you made him do all that?
01:48 Yes.
01:49 And how did you do it?
01:50 Do you remember anything?
01:52 Yeah.
01:52 Sunny's son.
01:54 I remember Sunny's son very well, Amritji's voice.
01:56 Amritji's voice was good.
01:58 He used to riddle with Amritji.
02:00 Tell us.
02:02 Riddle, jokes, all that used to go on.
02:04 The great villains are actually great human beings.
02:08 Yes, yes.
02:10 And with him, I had a very fun relationship and the rest of the cast also.
02:16 I was a kid, so I remember everything.
02:18 Yeah.
02:20 And whatever I had to do, like the sequence above the train,
02:26 there was a chopper flying here, a shot from the chopper,
02:30 there is a crane here, a tele is installed here,
02:32 there were 3-4 cameras,
02:34 I think there were 8-9 cameras.
02:36 There were 8-9 cameras, I don't even know where they were.
02:38 I don't think.
02:40 But I only remember clutching Sunny sir so hard.
02:42 Yeah.
02:44 And I must be choking him.
02:46 And I was like my life is in your hands now.
02:48 Whatever happens, happens.
02:50 We shot that movie on so many mountains,
02:52 shot on so many things that I was,
02:54 I didn't like the mountains at all.
02:56 I mean, no actor was there,
02:58 I was like, this is the first time.
03:00 But then we did that take,
03:02 and then we did 3-4 more of that.
03:04 So I think,
03:06 what happened in that,
03:08 in Gadar 2, we got more done.
03:10 And when I was seeing that, that was the audition for Gadar 2.
03:12 That was your graduation.
03:14 Do you remember working with Sunny at that time
03:16 and what's it like working with him now,
03:18 22 years later?
03:20 I think it's the same because he hasn't changed one bit as a human.
03:22 He's still very humble,
03:24 still very kind.
03:26 But as an actor, I've gotten to know him a little better.
03:28 I did not,
03:30 there's one thing that I observed about him,
03:32 is that whenever he has an important scene,
03:34 the next day or the day after,
03:36 and if wherever we're shooting is the same location,
03:38 he'll come and he'll pace around.
03:40 Oh.
03:42 And he'll make his graph,
03:44 you know,
03:46 how he wants to perform, he'll figure it out.
03:48 I did not know that about him.
03:50 I did not take him to be an actor
03:52 who loves preparing
03:54 and makes preparation so seriously.
03:56 So I used to observe him from afar
03:58 and see what he's trying to think,
04:00 where he's trying to go
04:02 and what he's constructing.
04:04 And at times, once I remember just yelling out
04:06 while he was pacing around,
04:08 I was like, "This is right, sir."
04:10 He was not even like that.
04:12 He was like, "This is right, sir. You're doing it right."
04:14 "This is how it should be."
04:16 And
04:18 it was, he's a very
04:20 good team player as an actor.
04:22 He says, he had told me once
04:24 that in this scene,
04:26 I don't have to hit sixes,
04:28 you have to hit sixes,
04:30 only then this scene will be great.
04:32 So, he has a way of
04:34 motivating you and
04:36 it's,
04:38 it was a great learning experience.
04:40 It's where we came from.
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