Su y
Deol
talks
about
‘Gada ‘
a d
‘I dia ‘
doi g
bette
tha
Aami
Kha ‘s
‘Lagaa ‘;
ecalls
bei g
i
ove
59
c o e
debt:
‘The
mo ey
I
owed
was
all
mi e’
Su y
Deol’s
ca ee
saw
a
majo
evival
with
the
massive
success
of
‘Gada
2’
i
2023,
but
the
acto
has
ow
ope ed
up
about
the
yea s
he
spe t
st uggli g
to
fi d
good
films
despite
delive i g
blockbuste s
like
‘Gada ‘
a d
‘I dia ‘
back
i
2001.
The
acto
also
eflected
o
how
his
ca ee
slowed
dow
g adually
eve
afte
these
back-to-back
hits,
alo g
with
the
fi a cial
t oubles
that
followed
his
ve tu es
i to
di ectio
a d
p oductio .
Let’s
take
a
look
at
what
he
has
to
say.
Su y
Deol
ecalls
ca ee
slump
afte
‘Gada ‘
a d
‘I dia ‘
Speaki g
o
Shubha ka
Mish a’s
podcast,
Su y
Deol
looked
back
at
2001,
whe
‘Gada ‘
became
o e
of
the
biggest
hits
of
his
ca ee ,
eleasi g
alo gside
Aami
Kha ‘s
‘Lagaa ‘
a d
ea i g
a ou d
Rs
77
c o e
domestically.
He
followed
it
up
with
‘I dia ‘
late
that
yea ,
which
he
said
pe fo med
eve
bette
tha
‘Lagaa ‘.He
said,
“Alo g
with
Gada ,
I
also
delive ed
I dia ,
which
was
a
much
bigge
hit
tha
Lagaa
a d
all
the
othe
films
of
that
time.
It
did
two
to
th ee
times
of
‘Lagaa ‘s
busi ess.
‘Gada ‘
did
much
mo e
tha
that.”Despite
these
successes,
Su y
Deol
admitted
the
mome tum
did ‘t
last.
He
said,
“Sudde ly,
co po ates
came
i ,
a d
the
film
i dust y’s
fo mat
bega
cha gi g,”
addi g,
“But
afte
that,
I
do ‘t
k ow
why
I
was ‘t
getti g
the
ight
subjects
a d
make s.”
The
acto
the
sha ed
that
afte
ve tu i g
i to
p oductio
a d
di ectio ,
his
expe ime ts
added
sig ifica tly
to
his
fi a cial
bu de ,
eve
as
he
mai tai ed
his
co te tme t
th oughout
the
tough
phase.
Su y
Deol
says
he
emai ed
happy
despite
debt
I
the
same
co ve satio ,
Su y
Deol
said,
“I
ca ‘t
do
so
ma y
thi gs
fo
mo ey.
But
to
be
ve y
ho est,
I’m
ve y
happy.
Eve
whe
I
was
i
debt,
I
was
ve y
happy.
I
was
livi g
my
life.”I
2023,
sho tly
afte
‘Gada
2’s
massive
success,
a
ba k
issued
a
e-auctio
otice
fo
his
Juhu
p ope ty,
Su y
Villa,
ove
dues
wo th
Rs
55.99
c o e.
The
otice
was
late
withd aw
afte
Su y
settled
the
amou t.
He
said,
“The
mo ey
I
owed
was
all
mi e.
I
did ‘t
bo ow
it
f om
a yo e.
I
did ‘t
owe
a yo e
a ythi g.
I
just
had
to
sell
my
ow
asset
a d
pay
back.”
Su y
Deol
eveals
di ecto ial
ve tu es
added
to
fi a cial
p essu e
The
debt
stemmed
f om
Su y
Deol’s
2016
film
‘Ghayal
Retu s’,
which
he
p oduced,
di ected
a d
sta ed
i .
His
di ecto ial
jou ey
also
i cluded
‘Dillagi’
(1999)
a d
‘Pal
Pal
Dil
Ke
Paas’
(2019),
o e
of
which
succeeded
comme cially.O
‘Dillagi’s
failu e,
Su y
Deol
said,
“I
do ‘t
k ow
why
it
did ‘t
wo k.
So
ma y
people
come
up
to
me
a d
say
they
loved
‘Dillagi’,
but
I
ca ‘t
help
it.
I
did
what
I
wa ted
to
a d
gave
my
best.”
Su y
Deol
talks
about
Aami
Kha
backi g
his
‘Batwa a
1947’
film
Su y
Deol’s
fo tu es
tu ed
a ou d
with
‘Gada
2’,
followed
by
p ojects
like
‘Jaat’,
‘Bo de
2’
a d
mo e.
The
success
also
evived
his
pa t e ship
with
di ecto
Rajkuma
Sa toshi,
whose
ea lie
hits
with
the
acto
i clude
‘Ghayal’,
‘Dami i’
a d
‘Ghatak’.Su y
Deol
evealed
Aami
Kha
app oached
him
fo
Sa toshi’s
‘Batwa a
1947’
afte
‘Gada
2’s
success.
He
said,
“We
we e
sitti g
o
this
sto y
si ce
2010,
but
we
we e
fo tu ate
that
Aami
wa ted
to
do
this
film
si ce
he
had
hea d
it
much
ea lie .”‘Batwa a
1947’
eu ited
Su y
Deol
a d
Rajkuma
Sa toshi
afte
th ee
decades
but
collected
a ou d
Rs
26.50
c o e
domestically
ove
its
ope i g
weeke d.