The Gadar magic has faded fast. Sunny Deol’s Batwara 1947 is tanking, suffering a brutal 75% drop on its first Monday. Total earnings sit at a dismal Rs.

26 crore after four days. Why the collapse? Audiences are rejecting the film's tonal shift, craving the intense nationalist energy of Gadar 2 instead.

This partition drama is officially hitting a wall.