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Sunny Deol’s Batwara 1947 gets rave first review from Ramesh Taurani
Sunny Deol’s Batwara 1947 gets rave first review from Ramesh Taurani
Filmmaker Ramesh Taurani has called Sunny Deol-starrer Batwara 1947 “deeply sensitive, moving and truly humanity-glorifying” after a screening. He praised Deol’s performance as terrific and highlighted the work of Preity Zinta, Shabana…
The Story in Brief
Filmmaker Ramesh Taurani has called Sunny Deol-starrer Batwara 1947 “deeply sensitive, moving and truly humanity-glorifying” after a screening. He praised Deol’s performance as terrific and highlighted the work of Preity Zinta, Shabana Azmi, Ali Fazal, Karan Deol and Abhimanyu Singh, who plays the villain. Director Rajkumar Santoshi and producers Aparna Purohit and Aamir Khan Productions were also lauded.
The film, set during Partition, releases on August 14. It clashes with Emraan Hashmi’s Awarapan 2. By Thursday noon, Batwara 1947 had sold about 30,000 tickets for day one, grossing Rs 81 lakh in advance sales. Awarapan 2 sold over 1 lakh tickets and grossed Rs 3.25 crore, as per Sacnilk.
The Indian Opinion
The buzz around Batwara 1947 is heavy on nostalgia but light on box office pull. Advance bookings show Awarapan 2 leading by a wide margin, 1 lakh tickets sold against 30,000. The Partition drama’s emotional pitch can work only if audiences pick substance over star power. Will the opening weekend numbers prove the advance trend wrong? That is the test.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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