Rajkumar disagrees with Shabana over Sunny’s muslim character in Batwara 1947

Rajkumar Santoshi has responded to Shabana Azmi’s comments about the box office failure of Batwara 1947, particularly her observation that audiences may not have been able to accept Sunny Deol playing a Muslim character in the film. In an interaction with Variety India, Santoshi…

'Batwara 1947' underperformed despite high expectations. Shabana Azmi said audiences rejected Sunny Deol as a Muslim character, clashing with his "action patriot" image. Director Rajkumar Santoshi disagreed, citing Amitabh Bachchan's Muslim roles in 'Coolie' and Manmohan Desai…