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Partition (1987)
Director: Ken McMullen
Cast: Roshan Seth, Zia Mohyeddin, Zohra Sehgal, Saeed Jaffrey
Runtime78 min
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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.
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This 1987 drama directed by Ken McMullen is a visually striking and thematically complex exploration of the tumultuous events surrounding the partition of India and Pakistan. Featuring strong performances from a talented ensemble cast including Roshan Seth and Zohra Sehgal, Partition offers a unique perspective on this pivotal moment in history that will captivate fans of thoughtful, politically-charged cinema.
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Partition is a film by director Ken McMullen. The film is set in the turmoil surrounding the transfer of political power in British India from British to Indian hands and the Partition of the Indian subcontinent into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Republic of India in 1947. Made in 1987, the film was released on DVD in 2007. Its screening has been voted Time Out Critics' choice No 1 after 20 years.
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