I watched Gadar when I was 8, and hardly remember it, so I wiki'd it to refresh my memory and to be honest... the story isn't even that great. I kind of found it offensive towards Pakistanis (and I'm not even Pakistani).
It was a huge blockbuster, and bless it for that, but really, how much money a movie makes is not equivalent to how good it is. Many great films don't become blockbusters and not all blockbusters are award worthy (take recent Khan/Kumar/Devgan films for instance - doesn't matter what the genre is). And there is no rule that period films are automatically better than comedies. So I completely get that Gadar vs. RR/Housefull 2 comment - they all made tons of money, but doesn't necessarily mean they're great. 😛
Lagaan won awards because it deserved it more than Gadar did. And Gadar isn't even memorable to me.. when I think about 2001, I just think about Lagaan, DCH, and heck - even K3G! Gadar may have made tons of money but it doesn't stick outta the crowd like Sholay, DDLJ, Mother India, Lagaan, 3 Idiots and so forth.
Coming to the actual topic - I read halfway through her interview and then got bored. At bits she sounds nice, humble, sweet; and next moment she sounds delusional and cocky. I stopped reading due to the mixed signals, LOL. Good luck to her with her producing career though!
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