MUMBAI: Ameesha Patel was once at the top of her game with films like Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Humraaz, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and many more. She however took a step back from acting and made a smashing comeback recently with Gadar 2 co-starring with Sunny Deol.

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Ameesha has now opened up about an amusing and interesting conversation with legendary filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. She said, “Mr. Sanjay Leela Bhansali, after watching Gadar, wrote a really beautiful letter, complimentary letter to me” Shockingly his words of praise took an unexpected turn when after meeting him in person, she said, “And when I had a meeting with him, he said, ‘Ameesha, you should retire now.”

She said his reason for saying that was as thought-provoking as it was shocking. He compared her success to legendary films like “Mughal-e-Azam" and "Mother India”

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Ameesha mentioned, “I didn't understand it at that time as I was a kid & very new to the film world” She further said, “Gadar has set the bar so high that anything in my films that were superhits after that...became a straight comparison to Gadar.”

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