Partition
The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and visually striking film. A lunatic asylum in the city of Lahore becomes a mirror image of events in the outside political world, with the same actors playing both inmates and rulers. Adapted by Tariq Ali and McMullen from famous Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto's short story 'Toba Tek Singh', Partition speaks for the countless millions that the usual British Raj films sweep out of sight. Released to mark the 60th anniversary of the partition of the Indian sub-continent, this is the film's first-ever release on DVD.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Bhasker Patel
Lunatic, Naval Officer, Civil Servant
Saeed Jaffrey
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Harmage Singh Kalirai
Lunatic
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Harmage Singh Kalirai
Civil Servant
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Harmage Singh Kalirai
Naval Officer
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Shaheen Khan
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Leonie Mellinger
Zia Mohyeddin
Zohra Sehgal
Roshan Seth
John Shrapnel
General Flood
Tusse Silberg
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Barrie Guard
Composer
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Nancy Schiesari
Cinematographer