Jinnah
History
War
Drama
He fought for justice, and made Pakistan.
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.
1998-11-07
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Cast
Director
Jamil Dehlavi
Christopher Lee as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
James Fox as Mountbatten
Maria Aitken as Edwina
Shashi Kapoor as Narrator
Richard Lintern as Jinnah (Younger)
Indira Varma as Ruttie Jinnah
Robert Ashby as Nehru
Shireen Shah as Fatima Jinnah
Ian Gelder as English Police Officer
Michael Elwyn as Sir Cyril Radcliffe
John Nettleton as General Gracie
David Sterne as Birwhistle
Vernon Dobtcheff as Lord Willingdon
Rowena Cooper as Lady Willingdon