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1987 Certificate 12
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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. .. Read more

Starring Bhasker Patel, Saeed Jaffrey, Shaheen Khan, Leonie Mellinger
Director Ken McMullen
Genres Drama

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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.

Starring Bhasker Patel, Saeed Jaffrey, Shaheen Khan, Leonie Mellinger, Zia Mohyeddin, Zohra Sehgal
Director Ken McMullen
Studio SECOND RUN
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released Production year: 1987

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    • 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 ...