Batwara 1947

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	10 EUR / reduced 5 EUR
	Rajkumar Santoshi / India 2026 / historical drama / Hindi with English subtitles / FSK 18
	Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard
	Belongs to: Box Office Around The World

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10 EUR / reduced 5 EUR
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Hardly any other film is as eagerly anticipated in the current Indian cinema season as Batwara 1947—we’re presenting the film coinciding with its world premiere!

This period film, starring Bollywood superstars Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, and Shabana Azmi in the lead roles, is set in Lahore shortly after the country’s dramatic partition. A Muslim family flees there from Lucknow, India, and is allotted a beautiful estate in Lahore that once belonged to a displaced Hindu Punjabi family. But to their surprise, Mai—an elderly Hindu woman—shows up and insists that the haveli still belongs to her. The initially conflict-ridden coexistence between Mai and the new residents tells of the aftermath of the traumatic events of loss, displacement, and crime in 1947—and how individual people nevertheless managed to continue living together.

The film’s screenplay is based on the 1989 play *Jis Lahore Nai Vekhya, O Jamya E Nai* by Asghar Wajahat, which was banned in Pakistan. The title is taken from a proverb: “Whoever has not seen Lahore has not lived.” We are using it as the motto for the film talk prior the film’s screening.