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Batwara 1947

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During India's Partition, families face chaos and heartbreak as their lives are shattered. Amid violence and upheaval, they rely on courage, compassion, and resilience to survive in a world divided by fear.
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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 1d
2/5
It should have felt like a balm on fissured souls if only it had been contemporised without losing its essence. But while its messaging is even more relevant in these times, the storytelling is dated and banal. Go to Full Review Rahul Desai The Hollywood Reporter India 1d
I get the old-fashioned treatment (or the ABCD film-making), but it reduces the medium to a footnote; the depth of the premise—of one subcontinental family having to occupy the reality and fictions of another—rarely registers. Go to Full Review Saibal Chatterjee NDTV 1d
3/5
Batwara 1947 is a welcome addition to a season of Bollywood films like Ikkis and Main Vaapas Aaunga that have highlighted the subcontinent's shared humanity in times of conflict. Go to Full Review Devesh Sharma Filmfare 1d
4/5
The film may stumble when it reaches for conventional heroics, but its heart never does. And that heart matters. Batwara 1947 arrives at a time when we desperately need to be reminded that the people on the other side of a border are not abstractions. Go to Full Review Rishabh Suri Hindustan Times 1d
There are moments when Santoshi's old-school treatment becomes a little too loud, and the film could certainly have benefited from a tighter second half. Yet, when it gets the balance right, Batwara 1947 is thought-provoking... Go to Full Review Nandini Ramnath Scroll.in 1d
Even the dullness that pervades the 145-minute film can’t conceal its cogent, clear-eyed denunciation of religious bigotry. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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kam J @RT53209744 7h Fab film great performances from Sunny and Shabana. Preity was great in her comeback role defo worth watching See more Read all reviews
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Rajkumar Santoshi

Director

Sunny Deol

Sikander Mirza

Preity Zinta

Hamida Mirza

Shabana Azmi

Durgavati Devi

Karan Deol

Javed Mirza

Ali Fazal

Habib Kazmi
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Synopsis During India's Partition, families face chaos and heartbreak as their lives are shattered. Amid violence and upheaval, they rely on courage, compassion, and resilience to survive in a world divided by fear.
Director
Rajkumar Santoshi
Producer
Aamir Khan, Aparna Purohit
Screenwriter
Rajkumar Santoshi
Distributor
PVR Inox Pictures
Production Co
Aamir Khan Productions
Genre
Action, History, Drama, War
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 14, 2026, Limited
Runtime
2h 40m
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