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Batwara
Sign in to saveBatwara is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Singh, Poonam Dhillon, Mohsin Khan, Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Amrish Puri. The film centres around a long-standing friendship between an aristocratic (Khanna) and a low-caste cop (Dharmendra) is broken due to the former turning vengeful due to the death of his brother at the hands of the peasants, and that how the latter stands up to him.
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8.9Amidst the fall of princely states in post-independence India, the friendship between Vikram, who comes from an aristocratic family, and a peasant is tested. Vikram turns vengeful after his brother is killed in a peasant colony.
Cast
- Dharmendra
- Vinod Khanna
- Shammi Kapoor
- Amrita Singh
- Dimple Kapadia
- Asha Parekh
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
249 votes
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 201 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- J. P. Dutta
- Screenwriter
- J. P. Dutta
- Cast member
- Mohsin Khan
- Composer
- Laxmikant-Pyarelal
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- publication date
- 1989-01-01
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Soundtrack
- References
- External links
Batwara is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Singh, Poonam Dhillon, Mohsin Khan, Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Amrish Puri. The film centres around a long-standing friendship between an aristocratic (Khanna) and a low-caste cop (Dharmendra) is broken due to the former turning vengeful due to the death of his brother at the hands of the peasants, and that how the latter stands up to him.
Batwara released worldwide on 14 July 1989, and received mostly positive reviews from critics. Commercially, it was a hit at the box office and was the 9th highest grossing film of 1989.
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