Batwara (1989)
July 14, 1989Release Date
Plot.
Amidst 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.
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Cast & Crew.
Dharmendra
Sumer Singh
Vinod Khanna
Vikram Singh
Dimple Kapadia
Jinda
Poonam Dhillon
Priya - Rajendra's wife
J. P. Dutta
Director
Salim Akhtar
Producer
Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Composer
Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Composer
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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, Mohsin Khan, Shammi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Singh, Poonam Dhillon, 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 8th highest grossing film of 1989.