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Partition (1987 film)

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Initial release
  
1987

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Director
  
Ken McMullen

Cast
  
Saeed Jaffrey, Bhasker Patel, John Shrapnel, Roshan Seth, Zia Mohyeddin

Similar
  
Movies about India, Dramas

Partition is a film by award-winning 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 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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Principal Cast

  • Saeed Jaffrey
  • Zia Mohyeddin
  • Roshan Seth
  • Zorha Segal
  • John Shrapnel

    • Principle Crew

  • Ken McMullen - Director
  • Lynn Horsford - Producer
  • Tariq Ali and Ken McMullen - Writers
  • Saadat Hassan Manto - Original story
  • Nanci Scheiesari - Cinematographer
  • Paul Cheetham - Production Designer

    • References

    Partition (1987 film) Wikipedia
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