Many films have earned more than 100 crore before: Sunny Deol

Sunny DeolThere has lately been a lot of hoopla about the Rs.100 crore club, but Sunny Deol, who has been active in filmdom for three decades, says the trend has been there as long as he can remember – but it was never hyped.

The 56-year-old, who debuted with superhit romantic drama “Betaab” in 1983, is surprised at the hype around movies grossing over Rs.100 crore.

“I don’t understand why it is hyped so much. There are films that have earned much more than Rs.100 crore, but it was never hyped earlier,” Sunny said in a group interview.

“It’s only now that people make an issue out of it. My film ‘Gadar- Ek Prem Katha’ had earned several crores. It was a blockbuster. People appreciated the work and the storyline,” he added.

The actor, who also featured in hits like “Ghayal”, “Darr” and “Damini”, finds it difficult to get a handle on the trend of the No.1 race.

“I don’t understand why everyone wants to be on number one today. People have become insecure. The quality of work is lacking and major focus is on the money a film will earn,” he said.

Last seen in 2011 super hit comedy “Yamla Pagla Deewana” (YDP), which saw him again teaming up with his father Dharmendra and brother Bobby after “Apne”, Sunny is not perturbed by any trend or competition.

“What people are doing today, I have seen and done all this earlier. I don’t like it (Rs.100 crore club) being hyped as if it was never there before,” he said.

“I have come back after a break. I am not seen around much now because I have not entered this racket. It doesn’t bother me,” added the actor, who will now be seen in “Yamla Pagal Deewana 2”, which releases June 7.

Sunny is one of the those actors who made his mark as an action hero. He says that in those days, shooting stunts was a different ball game as they couldn’t fall back on high-end technologies.

“Earlier, when we used to shoot action sequences, we had to do everything on our own. We didn’t have advanced equipment at that time. I never used body doubles. Action is something that has always interested me,” he explained.

As for fitness, Sunny can give the young brigade of actors a run for their money. He says there is no big secret behind it.

“I am a very simple and hardworking person. I have never worked to have six-pack abs or flaunt my muscles. I work out and take normal diet,” Sunny said.

His forthcoming films “I love New York”, “Singh Sahab The Great”, “Ghayal Returns” and “Mohalla Assi” are keeping Sunny busy these days.

His ready to release, Sangeeth Sivan-directed “Yamla Pagla Deewana 2”, will see him as a recovery officer.

Apart from the three Deols, the film also involves Sunny’s wife Linda as the scriptwriter and his son Karan as an assistant director. Dharmendra has produced the film.

He said working on the film was like a family get-together.

“It has been like a family affair. We all were together. YPD-2 is different from the first one. It was my wife’s story idea, she has written the script. The film is set in Britain.”

“My character helps families in Britain by assisting them to repay bank loans. Bobby’s and my father’s characters are based in Benaras. They try to bluff me in the film and later the story takes an interesting turn,” Sunny added.

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12 Comments

  • The three Deols will be seen together in five more movies after YPD2.
    1. Apne
    2. Toh
    3. Apne
    4. Hote
    5. Hain

  • Earlier more importance was given to jubilees – silver jubliee, golden jubilee, platinum etc.,

    Then the craze was about Days – 100 days,

    Now it is Crores – 100 cr was last year, now people talk of 200 Cr.

    I wonder if next will be downloads? – 10,000 downloads….yeah, we did it…..and Sallu will be king in that too. :)

  • Also, earlier even if the movie made more than 100 crore, it had less screens release and hence to get to that figure it took weeks and months.

    But now with over 3000 screen release at a time, ticket rates soaring high, the money is fast coming in and hence the Crores figure is up in a day, so it is highlighted.

    This works to help the film gain more publicity iand also negative publicity if it is not earning much eg., Himmatwala.

  • @anand krish 3 yeah you right aki born in 2007 and hritic was died in 2006. Rember last year ap col 120cr releasing a holiday and rr col 135cr release in non holiday. Why I hate hritic, ans hro not give any bb without his father expet d2. Hritic is a died superstar and aki is a new born superstar so we don’t care hritic, wait for the another kites named krish3 in 2013.

  • @aanand krisish3, arey bhai tu jo bhi hay. Itna samajh lay k sirf akshay, salman bhai, or amir sir ki movies nay 135 cr ko touch kya hay.

  • Sunny bhais right. Just imagine we take the footfalls of Gadar 2001 and assign todays ticket prices then boy oh boy we would have a brand new 300 cr club opening up. Mind boggling numbers are possible.
    I remember watching Ghatak on vhs and those dialogues and acting were just awe inspiring yet spine chilling. Sunny bhai ji could increase the decimals in a split second. I hope 2013 is a good year for Sunny as he deserves it more than most. Sunny bhai ji to top the end of year charts for Actors could be worth a bet. ;-)
    Sunny roxXxXxXx

  • that s what i was trying to tell
    ppl
    here
    that
    many films broke 100 cr before
    thats just hype
    now
    sholay
    hahk d
    ddlj
    kkh
    gadar
    etc
    but where are the ears to hear

  • @remotecontrol You’re an idiot and all your previous comments are as farcical as that nonsensical name of yours. You havent been saying anything of the sort and all you do is hit the ‘Return’ button on your malfunctioning keyboard after typing 2 or 3 words. Noone takes you seriously and noone can make sense out of the rubbish you write.
    PS DDLJ never collected 100cr gross in 1995 but HAHK did gross 100cr in 1994.

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