- By Swati Singh
- Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:51 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Sardaar Ji 3 is all set for its release. The movie has been at the centre of controversy over the casting of Pakistani actress Hania Aamir opposite Diljit Dosanjh. Now, producer and Managing Director of White Hill Studios Gunbir Singh Sidhu has revealed that he could lose nearly half of the movie's revenue over the ongoing gamble.
He said in a conversation with NDTV, "Those who are actively involved in the film industry and are aware of day-to-day activities, know that this film was shot in February-March 2025 itself. We shot it in the UK. There was no such atmosphere at that time, work was going on normally between the two countries. The whole atmosphere was normal. There was no restriction from the Government of India or any other institution."
"When we came to know about this attack, we decided that we would not release the film India, because we did not want to hurt the sentiments of our people in any way. We too were hurt by this incident. Keeping this honour in mind, we decided that the film will be released only overseas because our major investment is there. There was no restriction from any government overseas, so it was decided to release there. We did not put the trailer on YouTube in India, nor did we do any kind of promotional activities," said Sidhu.
Gunbhir Singh said, "I have no two opinions on this. If there is a country that is also working with us and still such attacks are happening from their side, then this is thankless behaviour. And I do not support it."
"That had this been the case always, how would films that have been made in the last four-five years with Pakistani actors ever get a censor certificate? When the censor board is giving clearance, it means that there is no such valid ban. Still, recently, a film like Abir Gulaal got a censor certificate which has big names like Fawad Khan and Vaani Kapoor, if there was a problem, it would not have been passed by the censor board," he added.