Sunny Deol Breaks Into Tears As Rajkumar Santoshi Says, 'Industry Did Not Do Justice To Him'

After giving massive hits like Ghayal (1990), Damini (1993) and Ghatak: Lethal (1996), filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi is all set to reunite with actor Sunny Deol after 27 years. The duo announced their exciting collaboration with ¡®Lahore:1947¡¯ which is being bankrolled by Aamir Khan Productions (AKP).

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Rajkumar and Sunny recently appeared as the speakers at a masterclass of the ongoing 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Taking you back briefly, earlier this year Sunny was one of those few stars who played a major role in reviving the box office with his massive actioner Gadar 2. He reprised his iconic role of Tara Singh after 17 years and fans flocked into theatres like it's the biggest festival of the year.

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At Goa¡¯s IFFI 2023, Sunny appeared with his frequent collaborators Rahul Rawail, Anil Sharma and Rajkumar Santoshi.

Rajkumar at the event was heard praising Sunny and saying, "I believe that the industry has not done justice to Sunny¡¯s talent. But God has done justice." Hearing this the actor broke into tears and added, ¡°I have been really very lucky. I just get too emotional, that¡¯s my problem.¡±

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¡°I was very fortunate. I started with Rahul. He gave me three beautiful films. Some worked, some didn¡¯t. But till today, people remember those films. I am standing here because of my films. After 'Gadar', which was a massive hit, my struggle period started because subjects or scripts were not offered to me and things were not happening.¡±

Sunny continued, ¡°Even though I did some films in between, there was a gap of 20 years. But I did not give up. I was always moving forward. I joined films because I wanted to become an actor, not a star. I had seen the films of my father and I too wanted to do films of that variety.¡±

Sunny Deol Cries During IFFI 2023 Master class
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When Sunny Deol revealed Bollywood was against Gadar but audiences pulled it up!

While promoting his blockbuster sequel earlier this year, Sunny revealed on The Kapil Sharma Show, ¡°There is excitement but also nervousness. When the film was released, everyone in the industry (gestured thumbs down). But the way the audiences pulled it up, everyone just changed.¡±

He continued in Hindi, ¡°When ¡®Gadar¡¯ was released, we had no idea the film would do so well. People used to say that it is a Punjabi film and should be dubbed in Hindi. Some distributors also said they wouldn¡¯t buy the film. So we did face a lot of issues. But the audience loved the film so much that they shut down all the naysayers. It is the audience who gave us the confidence to make part 2.¡±

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