Shabana Azmi ne Batwara 1947 ke kamzor box office response par hairani jatate hue Sunny Deol ke Muslim kirdar ko lekar darshakon ki soch par sawal uthaya. Rajkumar Santoshi ne bhi is mudde par apni alag rai rakhi.
Shabana Azmi ne Batwara 1947 ke kamzor box office pradarshan par hairani jatayi hai. Unka kehna hai ki kai log film ki kahani aur uske insaniyat wale sandesh ki tarif kar rahe hain, lekin iske bawajood film ko theatre mein dekhne wale darshakon ki sankhya ummeed ke mutabik nahi rahi.
14 August ko release hui is film mein Sunny Deol ne ek Muslim kirdar Sikandar Mirza ka role nibhaya hai. Film ka background Bharat ke vibhajan ke daur se juda hua hai. Rajkumar Santoshi ne film ka nirdeshan kiya hai aur Aamir Khan iske nirmataon mein shamil hain.
Shabana Azmi Ne Audience Ki Soch Par Kiya Sawal
Zoom ke Spotlight Sessions mein baat karte hue Shabana Azmi ne kaha ki unhe film ke box office pradarshan se kaafi hairani hui. Unke mutabik, unse milne wale kai log film ke sandesh ki tarif karte hain aur kehte hain ki kahani nafrat se hatkar insaniyat ki baat karti hai.
Lekin Shabana ke mutabik ek alag tasveer theatre response mein nazar aayi. Unhone kaha ki kuch log film dekhne theatre nahi gaye aur jo log gaye, unmein se kuch ki pratikriya bhi spasht nahi thi.
Isi sandarbh mein unhone sawal uthaya ki Sunny Deol ko Muslim kirdar mein dekhna kuch darshakon ke liye mushkil kyon raha.
Amitabh Bachchan Ke Purane Kirdaron Ka Diya Hawala
Shabana Azmi ne Amitabh Bachchan ki film Coolie ka udaharan dete hue kaha ki pehle bade sitaron ko alag dharmik pehchan wale kirdar nibhate hue darshakon ne aasani se sweekar kiya tha.
Unka sawal tha ki agar pehle aise kirdaron ko darshakon ne sweekar kiya, to aaj kisi bade kalakar ko Muslim kirdar mein dekhne par itni charcha kyon ho rahi hai.
Unhone yah bhi kaha ki samaj mein dharmik vibhajan ko lekar badalta hua mahaul is tarah ki pratikriyaon ko prabhavit kar sakta hai. Halanki yah Shabana Azmi ka nazariya hai aur ise film ke box office pradarshan ka nishchit karan nahi maana ja sakta.
Film Dekhne Ke Baad Milne Wali Pratikriyaon Ka Bhi Kiya Zikr
Shabana ne bataya ki kuch logon ne Sunny Deol ke kirdar ko lekar galatfahmi bhi vyakt ki. Unke mutabik, kuch darshakon ne kirdar ko Pakistani samajh liya, jabki film mein uski pehchan alag hai.
Unhone Punjabi bhasha mein kirdar ke baat karne ko lekar bhi kuch logon ki aapattiyon ka zikr kiya.
Shabana ke liye sabse hairani wali baat yah thi ki film ka sandesh insaniyat aur logon ke beech nafrat kam karne se juda hone ke bawajood uski commercial performance kamzor rahi.
Rajkumar Santoshi Ki Rai Shabana Se Alag
Is mudde par film ke director Rajkumar Santoshi ne Shabana Azmi ki baat se alag rai rakhi hai.
Rajkumar Santoshi ne kaha ki unhe yah baat samajh nahi aati ki kisi bade kalakar ko doosre samuday ke kirdar mein dekhna itna mushkil kyon hona chahiye. Unhone Amitabh Bachchan ke Coolie wale Muslim kirdar ka bhi hawala diya.
Director ke mutabik, film banane wale ki niyat aur kahani ka maksad samajhna zaroori hai. Unhone yah bhi kaha ki samaj aaj pehle ki tulna mein kam tolerant aur inclusive hua hai.
Isliye ab film ke kamzor box office response ko sirf Sunny Deol ke Muslim kirdar se jodna ekmatra nishkarsh nahi ho sakta.
Batwara 1947 Ka Box Office Response
Batwara 1947 ko release ke samay ek badi star cast aur vibhajan jaise gambhir vishay ke karan kaafi ummeedein thi. Lekin film ko mixed response mila aur commercial performance ummeed se kam rahi.
Available box office tracking ke mutabik film ne 15 din mein India mein lagbhag Rs 37.87 crore net aur worldwide lagbhag Rs 53.96 crore ka collection kiya tha. Alag tracking platforms par numbers mein halka antar bhi milta hai, isliye box office figures ko estimated figures ke roop mein dekhna behtar hai.
Film ko isi release period mein Awarapan 2 se bhi competition mila, jisne commercial level par kaafi behtar pradarshan kiya.
Film Ki Kahani Kya Hai?
Batwara 1947 vibhajan ke samay ki paristhitiyon par aadharit kahani hai. Film mein Sunny Deol ka kirdar Sikandar Mirza hai, jo vibhajan ke baad ek ghar mein pahunchta hai aur wahan Shabana Azmi dwara nibhaye gaye ek Hindu buzurg mahila ke kirdar se mulaqat karta hai.
Kahani ke dauran Sikandar us mahila ki suraksha ki zimmedari leta hai. Film ka kendriya sandesh dharmik pehchan se aage badhkar insaniyat, daya aur mushkil samay mein ek doosre ke saath khade rehne par kendrit hai.
Asli Sawal Kya Hai?
Batwara 1947 ke box office response ko lekar Shabana Azmi ki baat ne ek badi bahas ko janm diya hai. Kya darshakon ne Sunny Deol ko ek alag tarah ke kirdar mein sweekar nahi kiya, ya film ki commercial performance ke peeche release competition, content, marketing aur audience preference jaise anya karan bhi the?
Filhaal kisi ek karan ko film ki kamzor box office performance ka final reason kehna sahi nahi hoga.
Shabana Azmi ne audience ke reaction ko lekar apni hairani zaroor vyakt ki hai, jabki Rajkumar Santoshi ne is explanation ko poori tarah sweekar nahi kiya hai. Dono ki baaton se yah zaroor saamne aata hai ki film ne entertainment ke saath-saath samaj, dharmik pehchan aur cinema mein representation ko lekar ek mahatvapurn charcha ko janm diya hai.
Source & Disclaimer: Is report ko taiyar karne ke liye NDTV Entertainment aur Times of India mein prakashit sambandhit reports ke saath available box office tracking information ka sandarbh liya gaya hai. Shabana Azmi ke statements aur film se judi background information ko published reports ke aadhar par present kiya gaya hai. Rajkumar Santoshi ki baad ki pratikriya ko bhi report mein shamil kiya gaya hai taaki news ko balanced context ke saath pesh kiya ja sake. Box office figures alag tracking platforms par samay ke saath badal sakte hain aur estimated ho sakte hain. Is post ka uddeshya available public information ko samachar ke roop mein present karna hai, kisi vyakti, samuday ya dharmik vichardhara ke paksh ya vipaksh mein rai dena nahi.
Reference: NDTV Entertainment, Times of India, India Today aur publicly available box office tracking reports.

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