Partition is a film by director
Ken McMullen. The film is set in the turmoil surrounding the transfer of political power in
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ...
from British to Indian hands and the
Partition of the Indian subcontinent into the
Dominion of Pakistan
The Dominion of Pakistan, officially Pakistan, was an independent federal dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations, which existed from 14 August 1947 to Pakistan Day, 23 March 1956. It was created by the passing of the Indian Independence ...
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.
Plot
Lunatics in an asylum see the horror of India's partition with a lucidity that seems to escape the seemingly sane political players directing it on the outside.
Principal Cast
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Saeed Jaffrey
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Zia Mohyeddin
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Bhasker Patel
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Roshan Seth
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Zohra Sehgal
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John Shrapnel
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Tariq Yunus
Principal Crew
* Ken McMullen – Director
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Lynn Horsford – Producer
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Tariq Ali and Ken McMullen – Writers
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Saadat Hassan Manto – Original story
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Nanci Scheiesari – Cinematographer
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Paul Cheetham – Production Designer
Music composed by Barrie Guard
References
External links
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Movie Mail review
1987 films
1987 drama films
Films directed by Ken McMullen
British drama films
Films set in the partition of India
1980s British films
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