India, Feb. 9 -- Sunny Deol-starrer Lahore 1947 is one of the most anticipated films of the year. After much delay on the release date, Aamir Khan Productions has announced on February 9 that the period drama will hit theatres on 13th August, during the Independence Day week. (Also read: Sunny Deol reveals Lahore 1947 is delayed due to Aamir Khan's perfectionism: 'He is taking time to edit')

The film brings together Sunny Deol, director Rajkumar Santoshi and producer Aamir Khan for the first time. Aamir said in a statement, "This was one of the favourite scripts of Dharamji, and I am so glad he could see the film."

Meanwhile, Lahore 1947 marks the reunion of 90's hit actor-director combo-- Sunny Deol and Raj Kumar Santoshi. The pair has...