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Jinnah (1998)
Directed by Jamil Dehlavi
Overview
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Christopher Lee | James Fox | Maria Aitken | Shashi Kapoor | Richard Lintern | Indira Varma | Sam Dastor | Robert Ashby | Shireen Shah | Yousuf Kamal | Ian Gelder | Michael Elwyn | John Nettleton | David Sterne | Vernon Dobtcheff | Rowena Cooper