Overview
- This week Ameesha Patel publicly asserted that the combined footfalls for Gadar (2001) and Gadar 2 (2023) top those of the Dhurandhar duology and posted screenshots on X to back the claim.
- Patel cited totals attributed to Box Office India, writing that the Gadar brand has about 8.5 crore footfalls versus Dhurandhar’s roughly 7.5 crore as reported in the screenshots.
- Footfalls count the number of tickets sold and are distinct from gross box‑office revenue, making them a measure of how many people saw a film rather than how much money it made.
- Director Anil Sharma said a script for Gadar 3 is being worked on and that filming could start next year if plans stay on track, a conditional update rather than a firm production start date.
- Reporting notes that the original Gadar’s 2001 success was driven by single‑screen audiences and that public tallies of footfalls vary by source, so the numbers cited are drawn from public tallies but are not uniform across outlets.