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Starring: Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Shabana Azmi, Ali Fazal
The year is 1947 and the Partition has just taken place, splitting British India into present-day India and Pakistan. Set against this heart-wrenching milieu, Batwara 1947 follows Sikander Mirza (Deol), a Muslim refugee who reaches Lahore with his family to start anew, only to find out that their allocated haveli is still home to Mai (Azmi), an elderly Hindu who refuses to abandon her home. Soon when local mobs try to force Mai out, Sikander takes a valiant decision to shield her. Fusing powerful performances with the emotional stories of people entangled in harrowing times, the film is a poignant saga of hope, coexistence, and the invincibility of the human spirit.
