Hema Malini praised Sunny Deol’s Batwara 1947, calling it “simply brilliant” and lauding its message of humanity, mutual respect and harmony. She also praised Sunny, Shabana Azmi, Rajkumar Santoshi and producer Aamir Khan

Rajkumar Santoshi’s Batwara 1947 revisits Partition through a Hindu-Muslim bond, anchored by Shabana Azmi and Sunny Deol. Despite its timely message of religious harmony and empathy, the film feels too faithful to its source play, lacks cinematic freshness and struggles with genre inconsistency