Partition

Partition (1987)


  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1987-08-19
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 18min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Bandung Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Ken McMullen
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Summary

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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  • Roshan Seth

    as
  • Zia Mohyeddin

    as
  • Zohra Sehgal

    as
  • Saeed Jaffrey

    as
  • John Shrapnel

    as General Flood
  • Tariq Yunus

    as
  • Sunil Tanna

    as
Directing Ken McMullen Director
Production Lynn Horsford Producer
Writing Ken McMullen Writer
Writing Tariq Ali Writer
Production Tariq Ali Executive Producer
Production Darcus Howe Executive Producer
Sound Barrie Guard Original Music Composer
Camera Nancy Schiesari Director of Photography
Art Paul Cheetham Production Design
Sound John Anderton Sound

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