Sunny Deol opens up on nepotism debate, says ‘jo baap apne bete ke liye karna chahta hai…’

Sunny Deol is leaving no stone unturned to promote his upcoming action film Gadar 2, the sequel to his cult classic Gadar released in 2001. Ameesha Patel, the director Anil Sharma and his own son-actor Utkarsh Sharma have returned with the second part of Gadar, which is set to release in cinemas on August 11.

Sunny is legendary actor Dharmendra’s son with his first wife Prakash Kaur. The Ghayal actor launched his son Karan Deol in the 2019 romantic drama Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, which he himself directed. His second son Rajveer Deol is also set to make his Bollywood debut later this year in the romantic drama Dono.

In a recent interview with Aaj Tak, Sunny opened up on the nepotism debate and said, “I think ye sab woh log failate hai jo frustrated he. Aur ye nahi samajhte ki jo aadmi…ki agar baap apne bete ke liye kar raha hai na…kaunsi family hai jo nahi karta? Aur jo apne bete ke liye karna chahta hai, toh usme bura kya hai? Lekin kaamyab toh woh hoga jo khud apne aap… (The nepotism debate has been spread by frustrated people. One has to understand that in a family, the child follows what his father does. What’s wrong if a father wants to do something for his son or daughter? If not his family, then who is the father working for? But the child has to become successful by themselves).”

In 2001, Gadar clashed with Aamir Khan’s Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India and both turned out to be blockbusters. This year too, Gadar 2 will release alongside the satirical comedy OMG 2, which is also the sequel to OMG – Oh My God! released 11 years back in 2012. Along with Akshay Kumar, the Amit Rai directorial also stars Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam in the lead roles.

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