Wow! Akshay Kumar-Shilpa Shetty starrer Dhadkan to get a sequel after 23 years, Director Dharmesh Darshan spills the beans

MUMBAI: The recent super duper success of Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 has now given filmmakers inspiration to make sequels and retouch the past blockbusters of Hindi cinema. Akshay Kumar-Shilpa Shetty-Suniel Shetty starrer 2000 hit Dhadkan is one of them. This will be a huge surprise and good news for fans of the film.

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Director Dharmesh Darshan has now confirmed that he has been offered to helm Dhadkan 2 by producer Ratan Jain. Speaking to a news portal he said, “People are missing the kind of work I did, and it makes me happy. Apart from Raja Hindustani (1996), the one film people particularly ask me about is Dhadkan and whether I’ll be doing its sequel.”

He added, “I was not sure since I have been told that Dhadkan is a classic. It’s like making the second part of Kabhi Kabhie (1976)” Dharmesh also revealed that Gadar 2’s success has encouraged him to make dhadkan 2. He further said, “Dhadkan has stood the test of time. I don’t believe in encashing on it. But now people have gone hammer and tongs I guess after the monstrous success of Gadar 2. Hence, the film was offered yet again to me in the last 10-15 days.”

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Speaking of the Star cast of Dhadkan 2, Dharmesh said, “I haven’t thought about the casting at all.” He concluded by saying that he has 2-3 ideas with possibilities of interesting and different castings.”

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