Sunny Deol’s action-drama Gadar 2 and Akshay Kumar’s satirical-comedy OMG 2 have been released in the theaters worldwide.
The Independence Day weekend has always been one of the most awaited ones for Bollywood buffs as major films set their theatrical releases during this period to cash in on the maximum advantage of the patriotic and festive occasion. This time too, two biggies are ready to clash at the box office when they hit theatres on August 11, Friday.
The first of them is Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Utkarsh Sharma’s action drama Gadar 2, and the other is Akshay Kumar, Yami Gautam, and Pankaj Tripathi-starrer satirical comedy OMG 2. Both films have been hugely awaited since their announcements and audiences can’t wait to watch them on the big screen on their first day.
While Gadar 2 is the sequel to the blockbuster Gadar, released 22 years back. In the 2001 film, set after the horrific events of the nation’s partition in 1947, Sunny’s Tara Singh went to Pakistan to bring Ameesha Patel’s Sakina back to India. The sequel is set in 1971, 17 years after the first film, and here, Tara Singh would have to rescue his son Charanjeet, played by Utkarsh Sharma, from the neighbouring nation.
On the other hand, OMG 2 is the sequel of the 2012 satirical comedy-drama OMG – Oh My God! in which Akshay Kumar portrayed the character of Krishna Vasudev Yadav, who is revealed to be Lord Krishna in the end. Paresh Rawal, Mithun Chakraborty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Om Puri, Murli Sharma, and Govind Namdeo formed the rest of the cast. In the spiritual sequel, Akshay has become Lord Shiva’s devotee, who must help Pankaj Tripathi in his fight against sex education.
In 2001, Gadar clashed with Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, and in 2012, OMG clashed at the box office with Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal. Gadar and Gadar 2 are directed by Anil Sharma, while Umesh Shukla helmed OMG and Amit Rai has helmed OMG 2.
