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Jinnah (1998)

Jinnah (1998)

Drama History War

He fought for justice, and made Pakistan.

Release Date: 1998, November 7
Directors: Jamil Dehlavi
Countries: Pakistan
Production: Dehlavi Films, The Quaid Project, Petra Film
Cast: David Sterne, Christopher Lee, Indira Varma, James Fox, Vernon Dobtcheff, Richard Lintern, Maria Aitken, John Nettleton, Sam Dastor, Robert Ashby, Ian Gelder, Michael Elwyn

Overview:

Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.

Keywords:

biography pakistan muslim political unrest