Filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi addresses Shabana Azmi's take on Batwara 1947 flop
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Shabana Azmi blamed Batwara 1947's flop on one thing — now director Rajkumar Santoshi is pushing back with his own explanation for why the film failed.
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Theory Briefing
- Shabana Azmi publicly offered her theory for why Batwara 1947 failed at the box office, sparking an open industry debate.
- Director Rajkumar Santoshi has now stepped in to challenge or reframe Azmi's account of the film's failure.
- Two prominent insiders disagreeing on why the same film flopped shows how attribution of blame in Bollywood is rarely straightforward.
- Competing explanations from the film's own team suggest the real cause of the failure may be more complex than either account admits.