Overview
- Batwara 1947, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and backed by Aamir Khan’s production banner, is scheduled for theatrical release on August 14, 2026.
- Zinta says becoming a mother helped her connect emotionally to the film’s story of family loss and hope and that family remains her top priority after an eight‑year screen hiatus.
- The production reunited Zinta with Sunny Deol and features veterans such as Shabana Azmi alongside Karan Deol and Ali Fazal, with Santosh Sivan as cinematographer and AR Rahman attached as composer.
- Zinta says Santoshi placed a highly demanding emotional scene on her first day of shooting, Sunny Deol steadied her on set, and most of the film was completed in a concentrated two‑month schedule.
- She credits her husband’s support for allowing short trips to India, says she will avoid long web series that require six to eight months away from her young twins, and frames the film as part of Bollywood’s ongoing engagement with Partition stories that foreground women’s lives.