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Batwara 1947 hailed as sensitive and moving by filmmaker Ramesh Taurani
Batwara 1947 hailed as sensitive and moving by filmmaker Ramesh Taurani
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…
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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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Early word-of-mouth is all praise, but advance ticket sales show 'Awarapan 2' ahead. Glowing pre-release reviews are routine; the real test is how audiences react to Partition told as a feel-good story. Some will question whether the film sanitises a bloody history. First-weekend box office numbers, not starry reviews, will answer whether this humanist message draws crowds or disappoints.
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