Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Deol hug it out at Gadar 2’s success bash after not speaking to each other for 16 years. Watch

Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Deol didn't speak to each other after starring in Yash Chopra's 1993 film Darr. The actors posed together for the media at Gadar 2's success bash, putting all speculations about their longstanding feud to rest.

By: Entertainment Desk

Chennai | Updated: September 3, 2023 11:44 AM IST

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Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Deol pose together at Gadar 2's success bash. (Pics: Varinder Chawla)

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The 16-year-long feud between Sunny Deol and Shah Rukh Khan has finally come to an end. Following Shah Rukh Khan’s praise for Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 on X (formerly known as Twitter), the two actors embraced each other at the film’s success party, signalling that all is well between them. The Gadar 2 team, after setting and breaking numerous box office records, hosted a bash in Mumbai on Saturday. Many Bollywood stars, including Aamir Khan, Kartik Aaryan, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh with his wife Gauri Khan, attended the event.

While Sunny Deol posed with several actors at the Gadar 2 success party, fans were especially thrilled when SRK shared the frame with Sunny and the two warmly embraced each other in front of the paparazzi. This meeting gained significant attention because, during a previous appearance on Aap Ki Adalat, Sunny had disclosed that he hadn’t spoken to SRK since they co-starred in Yash Chopra’s 1993 film Darr.

Deol revealed his displeasure with how his character, the protagonist, was portrayed in the film, and how SRK’s character, Rahul Mehra, the villain, was glorified. During the show, Sunny expressed, “I had a heated discussion with Yash Chopra regarding that scene. I tried to explain that I am a commando officer in the film. My character is an expert and physically fit, so how can this boy easily defeat me? He can only defeat me if I can’t see him. If he can stab me while I’m looking at him, then I won’t be considered a commando.”

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Sunny recalled that he tore his pants with his own hands in frustration during the discussion, “Out of anger, I didn’t even realise that I had torn my pants with my hands.” Following the film’s release, SRK and Sunny Deol did not communicate for 16 years, although Sunny clarified that it wasn’t intentional, stating, “It’s not that I didn’t talk but I just cut myself off and I anyway don’t socialise much. So we never met, toh baat karne ki baat he nahi hai.”

Although they hadn’t communicated for 16 years, SRK had previously revealed to his fans on X that he had watched Gadar 2 and praised Sunny Deol’s film. In an earlier interview with Zoom, Sunny Deol mentioned that SRK spoke to him before watching the film and expressed happiness that Gadar 2 was performing so well.

After speaking over the phone, SRK and Sunny Deol’s public embrace at the Gadar 2 success party has put all speculations about their longstanding feud to rest.

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