'Sunny Deol Is Fighting Against Fanaticism In Batwara 1947'

You should get carried away with the characters, become one with him. You dont see whether he is a Hindu or a Muslim. You see the human being.IMAGE: Sunny Deol in Batwara 1947.Key PointsRajkumar narrated this story in 2010, and we have wanted to make it since then.Lahore was a working title. We were looking for the right title, then somebody suggested Batwara.This is the strongest character Sunny has played on screen. It is better, stronger than Superman, Iron Man, all put together.Batwara 1947 reunites Sunny Deol and Rajkumar Santoshi after three decades, following their collaborations on Ghayal, Damini and Ghatak.Produced by Aamir Khan, the period film also stars Preity Zinta and Shabana Azmi in pivotal roles.Gadars Tara Singh was a fun-loving guy. He was a romantic Sardar. He played music, fell in love, got married. It was a pure love story. Thats not the case here, Sunny says.Mayur Sanap/Rediff listens to a conversation with Sunny Deol and Rajkumar Santoshi.What kept the two of you from collaborating again all this time?Sunny Deol: We were trying to do a film for quite some time, I think since the early 2000s. Raj had narrated the story of Ashoka and Prithviraj Chauhan, but those ideas did not materialise. We did not find producers.After Gadar 2 became a hit, Aamir (Khan, producer)