Jinnah (film)
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Jinnah | |
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Directed by | Jamil Dehlavi |
Written by | Akbar S. Ahmed Jamil Dehlavi |
Starring | Christopher Lee James Fox Maria Aitken Shashi Kapoor Richard Lintern Shireen Shah Robert Ashby |
Release date(s) | 1998 |
Running time | 110 min. |
Language | English |
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Jinnah, the movie was made on the life of founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It was directed by Jamil Dehlavi and written by Akbar S. Ahmed and Jamil Dehlavi. The film was released in 1998 in London, United Kingdom and Pakistan.
- Runtime: 110 min
- Country: UK / Pakistan
- Language: English
- Color: Color
- Sound Mix: Dolby SR
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[edit] Plot Overview
Life of Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. When Jinnah dies, he is taken to a heavenly ante-room where a decision will be made on his fate, but his file has gone missing, and the Guide must question him about his life to fill in his story. He tells of the key point in 1947, when India was about to get independence from Britain, and Jinnah advocated a separate nation for the Muslim minority. Gandhi suggests Jinnah be made prime minister of the new India, as a compromise, but this suggestion is rejected and Nehru takes the job instead. Jinnah\'s nemesis is Lord Mountbatten, the British viceroy who opposes the idea of Pakistan. As well as this historical turning point, Jinnah recalls his youth, and formative relationships with his sister Fatima and a marriage to a Parsee woman.
[edit] Cast
- Christopher Lee .... Mohammed Ali Jinnah
- James Fox .... Mountbatten
- Maria Aitken .... Edwina
- Shashi Kapoor .... Narrator
- Richard Lintern .... Jinnah (Younger)
- Shireen Shah .... Fatima Jinnah
- Robert Ashby .... Nehru
- Indira Varma .... Ruttie Jinnah
- Sam Dastor .... Gandhi
- Shakeel .... Liaquat Ali Khan
- Vaneeza Ahmed .... Dina (Older)
- Roger Brierley .... Judge
- Rowena Cooper .... Lady Willingdon
- James Curran .... Colonel Knowles
- Vernon Dobtcheff .... Lord Willingdon
- Michael Elwyn .... Sir Cyril Radcliffe
- Ian Gelder .... The English police officer
- Christopher Godwin .... Recruitment officer
- John Grillo .... Sir Dinshaw Petit
- Talat Hussain .... Refugee
- John Nettleton .... General Gracie
- David Quilter .... Porrit
- Khayyam Sarhadi .... Nishtar
- David Sterne .... Birtwhistle
- Marc Zuber .... Muhammad Iqbal
[edit] Reviews
- Troubled Jinnah movie opens (BBC News, September, 1998)
- IO Film Reviews
- Close-up Film Review: Jinnah
- "Jinnah the movie" reviews by Rizwan