Ameesha Patel to be seen in ‘completely different avatar’ in her next, says director Adityaakash

Ameesha Patel is basking in the success of her recent outing Gadar 2. The film, headlined by Sunny Deol scripted history by becoming one of the highest grossers of all time. Following the film's mammoth success, Ameesh Patel is all set to star in the upcoming film Tauba Tera Jalwa. The film is directed by Akashaditya Lama who has now sung high praises of the actress. 

Akashaditya Lama says he always wanted to make a film with Ameesha Patel 

Akashaditya Lama served as an assistant director to Anil Sharma in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and subsequently its sequel, Gadar 2. Thus his association with Ameesha Patel goes long back. In a new statement, the filmmaker asserted that he had known the actress even before the release of her first film and expressed a desire to work with her. 

In a statement, Lama shared, “She (Ameesha) had already started shooting for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha where I was working as an assistant director. She has always been very kind and supportive to me. In fact, 22 years ago I gave an interview to one of the regional newspapers that one day I will make my own movie and cast Ameesha Patel.” Talking about Ameesha in the upcoming film, the director mentioned, “I wanted to present her in a completely different avatar and she has delivered it in a commendable way.” Ameesha Patel starrer Tauba Tera Jalwa will hit the big screens on January 5. 

When Ameesha Patel called Gadar: Ek Prem Katha ‘game changer’ for her career 

Ameesha Patel made her Bollywood debut with the blockbuster Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai in 2000 and a year later she was seen in the mega-blockbuster Gadar: Ek Prem Katha in 2001, which she agrees was a game changer for her career but added that it had a flipside too. "I would agree that Gadar 1 was a game-changer for my career. How can it not be? How can one of India's most iconic films not change a person's career graph," Ameesha told IANS.

Ameesha said that the benchmark that Gadar: Ek Prem Katha set was too high that the success of her other films paled in front of it. "The flip side of that is that with the adulation, love and respect and the career rising the benchmark Gadar set was so high that even after I delivered successes in my other films like Humraaz, Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Race 2 or Bhool Bhulaiyaa or pleasant films such Yeh Hai Jalwa and successes of Telugu films Mahesh Babu, Pawan Kalyan, Jr NTR…" "Somehow the benchmark that Gadar set was so high that people's expectations I think from all of us not only me, but Sunny, Anil Sharma ji were at such a high level that all our other work failed in comparison to that or rather paled in comparison," the actress said.

(With inputs from IANS)