Batwara 1947 had a slow start and it did not really make up much ground either as it collected 5 crore nett apprx on the first day. There is a huge holiday on Saturday so it will jump but as the the first day is low its a must to at least double up from here and get a Saturday and Sunday with double digit collections.

The trailer of the film did not offer much as looked a slow paced film with a lack of action and no music either to attract the audience. Sunny Deol was not in the Border element or even Jaat so basically it becames a word of mouth film relying on the emotional content of the film. The film has done a little better in Delhi / UP and Rajasthan but East Punjab could have been better considering its a partition based film.

There was also the competition of Awaarapan 2 but even if you take that out its unlikley this would have opened much better as simply there is a only a limited audience which is going to go to watch this sort of film on the first day. Its about the reports for a film like this and even then its about the older audience in the bigger centres which means a very limited audience.

Independence Day falling on Saturday also means its not the best holiday weekend as this film would have jumped on Saturday anyway. For a film like Awaarapan 2 it does not matter much as its opened but this film could have done with the holiday falling on Friday meaning a larger audience sampling the film.