MUMBAI: The film smashed all before it last year and was one of the stellar achievements for Subhash Chandra's Zee Group in 2001. And the airing of Gadar Ek Prem Katha, gave Zee TV a Top 20 performance on the ratings charts after a long while.

The jingoistic Bollywood blockbuster that had he-man Sunny Deol playing the lead aired on Zee on 14 August (the eve of Independence Day) and has made two entries into the ratings charts. The second half of the movie (post 10 pm) registered 17 (5.05 TVRs) on the ratings scale while the first half (8 pm onwards) was 21 (4.5 TVRs) on the TAM ratings for 4+ TG across all markets for the week from 11 August to 17 August.

There was another movie in the Top 20 and that was the critically acclaimed Aamir Khan starrer Dil Chaata Hai that aired on Star Plus on Saturday night, 17 August, and came in at 19 notching up TVRs of 4.65.

Zee's Playwin Lucky 3 lottery was the only other show that made its mark on the Top 100 at 28 with ratings of 4.08.