# Batwara 1947 hailed as sensitive and moving by filmmaker Ramesh Taurani

2026-08-13T09:50:40+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk

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Filmmaker Ramesh Taurani has given a glowing first review of 'Batwara 1947', calling it deeply sensitive and humanity-glorifying. He praised Sunny Deol's performance as terrific and Abhimanyu Singh's villain as compelling. Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Aamir Khan, the film releases on August 14. 'Batwara 1947' stars Sunny Deol as a Muslim man protecting a Hindu woman during Partition. Preity Zinta returns after a decade, and Karan Deol appears with his father for the first time. The film clashes with Emraan Hashmi's 'Awarapan 2', which leads advance bookings with Rs 3.25 crore gross against Batwara's Rs 81 lakh.

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- hindustantimes.com <https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/batwara-1947-first-review-sunny-deol-abhimanyu-singh-deliver-terrific-performances-sensitive-moving-film-preity-zinta-101786602738451.html>
- news.abplive.com <https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/celebrities/batwara-1947-first-review-sunny-deol-preity-zinta-abhimanyu-singh-film-gets-a-first-day-first-show-recommendation-1861907>

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