Batwara 1947 trailer: Sunny Deol will do anything to protect Shabana Azmi in film on Hindu-Muslim ties. Watch
The trailer for the film 'Batwara 1947' has been released, depicting a story of humanity and protection set during the 1947 Partition of India. The film, starring Sunny Deol and Shabana Azmi, has been cleared by the CBFC for a theatrical release on August 14.
Why it matters
The film highlights historical trauma and themes of communal harmony, which remain sensitive and significant topics in South Asian cultural discourse.
The official trailer of Sunny Deol's highly anticipated Batwara 1947 is here. Set against the backdrop of the 1947 Partition, the film tells the tale of a Muslim family in Lahore who come face-to-face with a Hindu woman refusing to leave her ancestral home.About the trailerThe trailer begins with the good news of India getting its independence after years of struggle. Sunny Deol is then shocked to see how lives are irrevocably altered as violence, fear and forced migration tear apart communities that once lived side by side. He and his family, including wife Preity Zinta and son Karan Deol shift to Pakistan where they are alloted a new house. Ali Fazal welcomes them. But to their surprise, they find that an old Hindu woman (Shabana Azmi) is living there upstairs, and refuses to leave the house.
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