Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel's hit film, 'Gadar' is inspired by the real-life love story of ex-soldier, Boota Singh and a Muslim girl.
Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel's super hit film, Gadar, is an emotion for millennials, who grew up watching the love story of an Indian truck driver, Tara Singh, and a Pakistani politician's daughter, Sakina. Every time the song, 'Udd Ja Kale Kawa' played, it used to bring back millions of memories attached to the film. We were kids when we first saw the film, released in 2001, but we felt intense emotions when we saw the pain and suffering portrayed in the film.
After almost 22 years, the hit jodi of Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel will be back on the silver screen, portraying the role of 'Tara' and 'Sakina' in Gadar 2. According to reports, the film has already sold 1.3 lakh tickets on day one of the release. However, as we all gear up to witness the magic of Gadar again, let us inform you that the story is based on the real-life love story of ex-soldier, Boota Singh. Read on to know more!
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Yes, Sunny Deol's character is inspired by the life of the ex-soldier of the British Army, Boota Singh, who served on the Burma front under the command of Lord Mountbatten during World War II. His love story with the Muslim girl, Zainab, is famous in India and Pakistan. Boota Singh lived in Ludhiana in (East) Punjab.
According to reports, during the India and Pakistan partition, several Muslim families were chased and murdered out of East Punjab. A young Muslim girl, Zainab, was abducted from a kafila headed towards Pakistan. Boota Singh rescued the Pakistani girl and fell in love with her. Boota and Zainab got married, and they had two daughters, Tanveer and Dilveer.
Soon, their love story turned into a tragic tale when the Indian and Pakistani governments signed the Inter-Dominion Treaty, making it mandatory to recover as many abducted women as possible from both nations. Not many know that an ordinance was also passed to implement the rule, stating that a woman was considered abducted if she had entered an inter-communal relationship after March 1, 1947.
According to reports, one of the search parties learned about Boota Singh's house, after his nephews informed the squad about Zainab. The law never asked for Zainab's wish. It is said that the entire village came to see Zainab off, who came out holding her younger daughter, Dilveer. She was reunited with her family, who lived in a small village, Nurpur, on the outskirts of Lahore.
Zainab's life took a complete turn as her parents died and her sisters became legal heirs of the property. Zainab's uncle pressured Zainab to marry his son. According to reports, Boota received a letter from Pakistan, which Zainab's neighbours wrote on her request. Boota went to Delhi authorities and asked them to bring back his wife and their daughter.
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Boota Singh was left with no other solution than to convert to Islam. He entered Pakistan illegally to get back his wife and their daughter. To Boota Singh's surprise, Zainab's family refused to accept him and handed him over to the Pakistani authorities. Under pressure from her family, Zainab refused to return with Boota Singh in court and asked the authorities to send their daughter with him.
After going through such an ordeal, Boota Singh was left devasted. He died by suicide by jumping before a train near Shahdara station in Pakistan along with his daughter, but she survived. Boota Singh's story didn't end here, in his suicide note, he expressed his wish to be buried in the village of his beloved wife, Zainab. But the family didn't allow it. Boota Singh was later buried at Miani Sahib, Lahore.
Over the years, Boota Singh and Zainab's love story inspired many hit Bollywood films. Not just Gadar, but Veer Zara was also inspired by it. Boota Singh and Zainab's love story ended on a sad note. While Boota Singh's family doesn't talk about him, the villagers in Zainab's family don't even want to recall the incident. A journalist had once visited their village and was asked never to talk about the matter.
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