Utkarsh Sharma describes working on Gadar as traumatic, says death was a possibility while shooting train scene with Sunny Deol

‘It is either you get the shot right or it is death’

Citing the example of the climax sequence of Gadar, in which Tara Singh runs on the roof of a moving train along with his 10-year-old son, Utkarsh added, “The train sequence where we are running on a train, is a real sequence. There is no green screen and no cable or a cloth with which I could be tied to the shoulder of Sunny (deol) sir. It is either you get the shot right or it is death. It’s aar ya paar. Moreover, that shot was taken from a chopper. In those times, there were not so many phones, so the communication was happening on walkie-talkie.”

He also revealed that the team of Gadar completed the night shoots in extreme weather, going without sleep for 72 hours. “That time the difficulties we had to face were extreme,” Utkarsh said, adding that he didn’t tell any of his friends in school about playing Jeete in Gadar.

Gadar 2 is emerging as one of the top Bollywood earners at the box office. The film has already earned Rs 375.10 crore, and will soon cross the Rs 400 crore mark.