Sunny Deol's Batwara 1947 Opens With Low Rs 5.75 Crore

A new movie called Batwara 1947 came out in Indian movie theaters on August 14.

It is a drama about Partition, the sad time in 1947 when India was divided into two countries.

Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta are the main actors.

The movie was directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, and Aamir Khan's film company made it.

On its first day, the movie earned about 5.75 crore rupees in India, which experts thought was a low amount.

Some early reports said it had only earned 61 lakh rupees while the day was still going on.

Another movie called Awarapan 2 came out on the same day and earned much more money, so it won the box office battle.

Batwara 1947 cost a lot of money to make, and it is based on a famous play.

The movie got mixed reviews, and we will see how it does over the weekend.