Utkarsh Sharma Reveals He Initially Rejected Gadar

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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.

04:43 [music]

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