Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Kiran
Rao/Instagram
Aamir
Khan
is
producing
Raj
Kumar
Santoshi’s
post-Partition
drama,
Lahore
1947.
Starring
Sunny
Deol,
it
has
been
awaiting
release
for
a
year
now.
The
understanding
between
Aamir
and
Santoshi
was
that
the
actor
would
release
his
underdog
film,
Sitaare
Zameen
Par,
first.
But
now,
with
the
drastically
changed
relations
between
India
and
Pakistan,
it
is
unlikely
that
Aamir
can
keep
his
promise
to
Santoshi.
“This
is
not
the
right
time
to
release
a
film
named
Lahore
1947.
It
will
have
to
wait
until
the
hostilities
between
the
two
countries
simmer
down,”
a
source
close
to
the
project
tells
Subhash
K
Jha.
Diljit
Dosanjh
is
already
feeling
the
heat,
as
his
film
Sardar
Ji
3
has
been
stopped
from
releasing
in
India,
due
to
its
Pakistani
cast
member,
Hania
Aamir.
Perhaps
changing
the
title
would
help,
but
Santoshi
is
not
willing
to
call
his
film
anything
but
Lahore
1947.
Photograph
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff
