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      • Set in the backdrop of the India-Pakistan partition in 1949, the movie tells a love story between people of opposite factions. Gian Singh (Jimmy Mistry) and Naseem (Kristin Kreuk) fall in love with each other but are caught in the aftermath of violence and rage that separates the countries.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Partition_(2007_film)Partition (2007 film) - Wikipedia

    Partition is a 2007 English-language period film directed by Vic Sarin, written by Patricia Finn and Vic Sarin, and starring Jimi Mistry, Irrfan Khan and Kristin Kreuk. [1] The film is set in 1947, based on the Partition of India and was partially shot in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. [2] [3]

  4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0213985Partition (2007) - IMDb

    Partition: Directed by Vic Sarin. With Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, Neve Campbell, John Light. During the turmoil and violence of Partition, a Sikh ex-soldier, haunted by war, offers shelter to a young Muslim woman who has been separated from her family.

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  6. lwlies.com › articles › films-about-the-partition-ofPartition on screen: five films that capture its experience ...

    • Garm Hava
    • Tamas
    • Earth
    • Train to Pakistan
    • Partition

    MS Sathyu’s debut feature, shot on a shoestring budget of two lakhs, remains a landmark film of Hindi cinema. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and India’s official Oscar entry, it asks hard-hitting questions about home, belonging and the politics that manufacture schisms and tensions amongst once harmonious populations. Base...

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    Based on the novel of the same name by Bhisham Sahni, the events described in TV mini-series Tamas are based on true accounts of the Rawalpindi riots of 1947. Govind Nihalani’s screen adaptation tells the story of immigrant families during the Indian Partition through a Sikh and Hindu husband-and-wife. The man, a sweeper named Nathu (played by the ...

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    The second film in Deepa Mehta’s Fire, Earth and Water trilogy, Earth is based on the 1988 novel ‘Cracking India’ by Bapsi Sidhwa. It focuses on the romance between a Muslim youth and the beautiful Hindu ayah (a colonial construct that used to designate servant; here, nanny) to our eight-year-old narrator, Lenny. Lenny is the daughter of a middle c...

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    Kushwant Singh’s classic postcolonial novel ‘Train to Pakistan’ was adapted for the screen by Pamela Rooks in this moving, semi-documentary style Hindi film. It focuses on Mano Majrah, a small Punjabi town on a key railway line near India’s new border with Pakistan. This majority Sikh town with its small Muslim minority becomes a microcosm for the ...

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    A Canadian production filmed in both British Columbia and on-location in India, Vic Sarin’s two-hour, English-language film received criticism for appealing first and foremost to Western audiences. Partition isn’t the sole focus of the film, but rather the impetus that drives its love story. Gian (Jimi Mistry) is a Sikh soldier who resigns from the...

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  7. www.imdb.com › title › tt0213985Partition (2007) - Partition (2007) - User Reviews - IMDb

    A group of Muslims who were crossing over to Pakistan are attacked by a bunch of sword wielding horse-riding Sikhs, and Hindus, including Avtar (Khan), many are massacred, but some do manage to getaway. Muslims, in turn, murder all Christians, Hindus, and Sikhs passengers on a train en-route to India.

  8. timesofindia.indiatimes.com › entertainment › hindiPartition: 1947 Movie Review - Times of India

    Aug 17, 2017 · 'Partition: 1947’ runs the gamut of emotions at the end of the British colonial rule in India, making this a timely and riveting watch. Read More. Cast & Crew. Gurinder Chadha Director. Gillian Anderson Actor. Michael Gambon Actor. Hugh Bonneville Actor. Manish Dayal Actor. Huma Qureshi Actor. Om Puri Actor. Lily Travers Actor. Denzil Smith Actor.

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    • Neil Soans
    • Huma Qureshi

  9. timesofindia.indiatimes.com › entertainment › hindiPartition Movie Review - Times of India

    Apr 8, 2016 · Story: A Sikh shelters a Muslim girl during the partition violence and marries her after her family migrates to Pakistan. The family tries to keep the couple apart. Review: If Hollywood needs to ...

  10. in.bookmyshow.com › movies › partitionPartition (2008) - Movie | Reviews, Cast & Release Date ...

    Nov 28, 2008 · Set in the backdrop of the India-Pakistan partition in 1949, the movie tells a love story between people of opposite factions. Gian Singh (Jimmy Mistry) and Naseem (Kristin Kreuk) fall in love with each other but are caught in the aftermath of violence and rage that separates the countries.