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Filmi Score
Good
25 reviews
56
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Critics agree Shabana Azmi's performance is a towering, tour-de-force center, with Sunny Deol strong too, though many fault dated, stagey storytelling and a weak villain that blunt its humanist message.
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Summary
Batwara 1947 (2026, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 56 from 25 critic reviews, and is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A).
The story of an elderly Hindu woman who refuses to leave her ancestral home in Lahore, only to have a Muslim refugee family from Lucknow allotted to her house following the events of the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.
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Box office collection
₹$≈ at ₹88/$, as of 26 Oct 2026
₹53.77 CrWorldwide gross in 12 days
India gross₹44.72 Cr
Overseas gross₹9.05 Cr
As of 26 Aug 2026 · Sacnilk · still running
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi · written by Rajkumar Santoshi & Asghar Wajahat · music A.R. Rahman
Rajkumar SantoshiDirector · Writer
Asghar WajahatWriter
A.R. RahmanMusic
Santosh SivanCinematography
Shyam SalgoankarEditing
Sunny DeolLead
Preity Zinta
Shabana Azmi
Ali Fazal
Karan Deol
Abhimanyu Singh
Kanikka Kapur
Khushi Hajare
Mithun Chakraborty
Mona Singh
Sunil Saraswat
Sandeep Chatterjee
Full crew
SoundResul Pookutty · Ravi Dev Singh
Production designAmit Ray · Subrata Chakraborty
CostumeMaxima Basu
LyricsJaved Akhtar
MakeupYasmin Rogers
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Summary
The story of an elderly Hindu woman who refuses to leave her ancestral home in Lahore, only to have a Muslim refugee family from Lucknow allotted to her house following the events of the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.
Batwara 1947 (2026, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 56 from 25 critic reviews, and is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A).
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What the critics said
25 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 25 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
BH Harsh · 14 Aug 2026
BH Harsh calls this an emotionally visceral, timely film anchored by Sunny Deol's career-best performance and a powerhouse Shabana Azmi, lifted… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
82
Saibal Chatterjee · 14 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 Review: Shabana Azmi Does What Naseeruddin Shah Did In Main Vaapas Aaunga Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 80
60
Devesh Sharma · 14 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 Review: Humanity’s Triumph Over Hatred | Filmfare.com Read it there →
Published · 4.0/5
Filmi’s reading 80
80
Rajiv Vijayakar · 14 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 Movie Review: Sunny Deol & Shabana Azmi’s Film Is Not An India-Pakistan Partition Story—It Stirs A Bigger Debate About Us As People! Read it there →
Published · 4/5
Filmi’s reading 80
80
Anuj Kumar · 14 Aug 2026
Anuj Kumar praises the film as a humanist counter-narrative that subverts Sunny Deol's persona, with a 'deeply impactful' Shabana-Sunny core,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Rishabh Suri · 14 Aug 2026
Rishabh Suri calls Shabana Azmi's performance the film's star in a 'heart-wrenching' and 'thought-provoking' drama, noting an occasionally… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Zinia Bandyopadhyay · 14 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 review: Sunny Deol trades jingoism for a more important battle Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 72
60
Sahir Avik D’souza · 14 Aug 2026
Calls Azmi and Deol's performances massively watchable and the film's secularist heart sweet and sincere, while faulting a predictable,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
70
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 14 Aug 2026
3/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 68
60
रेखा खान · 14 Aug 2026
Praises the strong performances of Azmi, Deol and Zinta and calls the humanity-over-religion message important, but notes a slow, flat first half… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
Dipankar Sarkar · 16 Aug 2026
The critic admires the film's humanist handling of Partition and its central performances, especially Azmi's, but concludes the mass-movie excess,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
62
15 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 Review: When Humanity Comes Before Religion in a Partition Story Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 55
60
Nandini Ramnath · 14 Aug 2026
Nandini Ramnath finds the film visually drab and dramatically stodgy, faulting flat cinematography and plodding storytelling, but credits its… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
52
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 14 Aug 2026
2.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 48
50
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 15 Aug 2026
The critic finds the Sikandar–Azmi relationship genuinely moving and praises Santoshi's dialogue writing and the closing song, but flags… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
48
YouTube · transcript read · 15 Aug 2026
Tyagi finds the film exhausting and simplistic, with messy screenplay, inconsistent acting and heavy-handed direction, though she credits Shabana… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
45
Dhaval Roy · 14 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 Movie Review: An earnest message of harmony gets an overwrought treatment Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 42
50
Pranati A S · 14 Aug 2026
The critic credits the film's timely, humane message but says the 80s-style storytelling and dialogue create emotional distance, and faults poor… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
42
Shubhra Gupta · 14 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 movie review: Sunny Deol is let down by dated, banal storytelling Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 35
40
Rahul Desai · 14 Aug 2026
Admires the film's brave, humane premise but repeatedly calls the execution a "school play blessed with a Bollywood-sized budget," citing basic… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
35
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 16 Aug 2026
Rangan calls Shabana Azmi's performance a genuine privilege to watch, but says the rest of the film is earnest, predictable and generic, never… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
35
Sana Farzeen · 14 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 review: Sunny Deol is no Tara Singh in underwhelming Partition tale Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 32
50
Deepa Gahlot · 14 Aug 2026
Batwara 1947 Review: Good Intentions, Stilted Execution Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 32
50
YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 14 Aug 2026
2/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 30
40
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 25 readings; 13 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Batwara 1947: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Batwara 1947's box office collection?
Batwara 1947 has a box office collection of ₹53.77 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹44.72 Cr India gross and ₹9.05 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 26 Aug 2026, day 12 and still running. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.
How much has Batwara 1947 collected at the box office?
Batwara 1947 has collected ₹53.77 Cr worldwide in 12 days, as of 26 Aug 2026, according to Sacnilk.
Where can I watch Batwara 1947?
Batwara 1947 is not on any OTT service we track in India, the US, the UK or Canada right now. Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Batwara 1947?
Batwara 1947 has a Filmi Score of 56 (Good), the mean of 25 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 30 (Suraj Kumar) to 82 (Cinema Express). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.
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