"Partition of British India 1947", by antonivakin
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- DirectorM.S. SathyuStarsBalraj SahniA.K. HangalGeeta KakIn post-partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.
- DirectorAfia NathanielStarsMidhat KazimOmair RanaImran SiddiquiToba Tek Singh is a short movie based on a story of the same name by one of the greatest story-teller of the 20th century, Saadat Hasan Manto. The story follows inmates in a Lahore asylum some of who are to be transferred to India following the independence of Pakistan in 1947.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsPankaj KapurVinay PathakN.K. PantToba Tek Singh is a story about the aftershocks of the partition between India and Pakistan. The story is written by Saadat Hassan Manto.
- DirectorTanvir MokammelStarsMomtazuddin AhmedAfsana MimiTauquir AhmedAfter the partition of India in 1947, Shashikanta's family, like millions of other Hindu families of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), faced the dilemma of whether to migrate from the land in which they have been living for centuries. But Shashikanta Sengupta, an eccentric lawyer, stubbornly refuses to leave his motherland. Widower Shashikanta has two children, Minoti and Bidyut. Anuprava Devi is an affectionate old aunt who lives with the family. The family has a house in Narail, a small provincial town on the bank of the Chitra river. Some Muslim neighbors eye Shashaikanta's house. But the family refuse to migrate. Shashikanta's children Minoti and Bidyut are friends with the neighboring Muslim children- Badal, Salma and Nazma. Minoti and Badal become more than friends. The children grow up. Badal goes to Dhaka University. Those were the days in 1960's when the atmosphere of the universities was charged with political radicalism. Badal got involved in anti-military student movement and while participating in a demonstration for democracy was killed by police firing.Shashikanta's brother Nidhukanta is an idealist doctor who lives in their ancestral village on the other side of the Chitra River. During the 1964 riot between the Hindus and the Muslims, his daughter Basanti, a widow, is raped. Basanti commits suicide by drowning herself in the Chitra River. Nidhukanta's family migrate to India. All these untoward incidents happening around affect Shashikanta's failing health. He suffers a heart stroke and passes away. Minoti and Anuprava finally leave for the border en route to Calcutta.
- StarsPankaj KapurDeepa SahiAmrish PuriThis TV miniseries ("Darkness" in English) became famous in India in the mid/late 80s for its realistic depiction of the partition of the Indian subcontinent. In 1947, the sub-continent became India, East (now Bangladesh), and West Pakistan (today's Pakistan). The series pretended to keep memories and truths about the partition alive, at a time when many Indians and Pakistanis seemed to be forgetting this historical tragedy. The miniseries became a landmark 297-minute, 35mm film, now shown mostly at Indian Film Festivals. The film is based on the book by Bhisham Sahni, himself a refugee to India from West Punjab, now in Pakistan. Thus fittingly, this epic looks at Partition from an Indian Punjabi perspective, as the fate of Sikh and Hindu families in West Punjab is emphasized. The first part also underscores the Muslim viewpoint: the provocations they suffered from Sikhs and especially Hindus, and their ultimate supremacy in West Punjab, which became the heart of Pakistan. The "Darkness" of those times of religious intolerance and civil war highlights two stories of refugee families, one Sikh and the other Hindu. These victims of hate and their Muslim counterparts had, until 1947, been brothers and co-existed for over a thousand years throughout the Indian subcontinent. With "modern freedom", the lands of this once "one people" was partitioned into Muslim and Hindu republics. Non-Muslim religious groups, however (Sikhs, Christians, and many Muslims - as many as in Pakistan), migrated to the new India. Pakistan became, "de facto", exclusively Muslim.
- DirectorAnup SinghStarsShiboprosad MukherjeeShami KaiserSupriya ChoudhuryA man and a woman crossing the India-Bangladesh border reflect on their love and on the events leading to the 1947 Partition of Bengal.
- DirectorJabbar PatelStarsMammoottySonali KulkarniMohan GokhaleBiopic of B. R. Ambedkar, known mainly for his contributions in the emancipation of the downtrodden and oppressed classes in India and shaping the Constitution of India.
- DirectorDhanvignesh AamuriStarsL.B. SriramSrikar ChittarvuRajeshThe movie chronicles the devastating impact of the 1948 riots on Muslims in and around Hyderabad, India. The film is set in the 1950's. It narrates the story of Ali who has been ostracized by the rest of the village based on his religion. Ali is waiting for a letter, for which he bribes the post office clerk. The letter eventually arrives, but the clerk keeps the letter. What is this letter?
- DirectorRitika Bajaj VijraStarsInaamulhaqFarida JalalPooja JoshiA emotional saga of a family during the biggest mass migration of the world- India Pakistan Partition
- DirectorS.V. Rajendra Singh BabuStarsMaster AnandK.S. AshwathSadashiva BrahmavarMutthina Haara - A Necklace of Pearls - tells the tale of an Indian (Coorg) soldier, Achchappa and an army nurse, Annapurna (Anu) and the toils of warfare on them during the 1940's to the 1960's.
- DirectorPamela RooksStarsMohan AgasheNirmal PandeyRajit KapoorSeen from the eyes of Hukum Chand the District Magistrate it is an account of the turmoil faced by the inhabitants of village Mano Majra in Punjab on the Indo-Pak border during the period of partition after India attained independence.
- DirectorUmair FazliStarsAfzal KhanAhsen MuradSaleem AlbelaA historical glimpse into the history of Pakistan India Partition and war's of 1965 and 1971 and present day of the new conflict in Pakistan.
- DirectorBalaStarsAtharvaa MuraliVedhikaDhansikaBefore independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in Tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves with no traces of hope and freedom.
- DirectorRaj DurgeStarsShashank ShendeZakhir HussianSiddharth JadhavThe atrocities by the communal group Razzakars on the common people and activities against Independent India and Indian Government was spreading like fire across Marathwada, Telangana and part of Karnataka in 1947-48. There were brutal occurrences which were put on hold in September 1948 but are till-date untold. The end of Hyderabad Mukti Sangram and Razzakars truly made India an Independent one country in 1948.
- DirectorKamal HaasanStarsKamal HaasanShah Rukh KhanRani MukerjiSaketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country and sets out to kill him.
- DirectorA.L. VijayStarsAryaCarole Trangmar-PalmerAmy JacksonA film set in 1940s India, during the country's struggle for independence. The young daughter of an English governor falls in love with a local Indian boy.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsParesh RawalTom AlterDeepika AminAn account of Vallbhbhai Patel's political life while India was taking first steps as an independent country.
- DirectorShirish KunderStarsAkshay KumarSonakshi SinhaShreyas TalpadeA space scientist working on a project to communicate with aliens visits a village called Paglapur. To improve the plight of the inhabitants of Paglapur, he comes up with a novel idea.
- DirectorAnil SharmaStarsSunny DeolAmeesha PatelAmrish PuriDuring the Partition of India in 1947, a Sikh truck driver falls in love with a Muslim girl belonging to an aristocratic family.
- DirectorFeroz Abbas KhanStarsAkshaye KhannaDarshan JariwalaShefali ShahThe account of troubled relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his eldest son.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsAamir KhanNandita DasRahul KhannaIt's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
- DirectorVic SarinStarsJimi MistryKristin KreukNeve CampbellDuring the turmoil and violence of Partition, a Sikh ex-soldier, haunted by war, offers shelter to a young Muslim woman who has been separated from her family.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAva GardnerStewart GrangerBill TraversAnglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
- DirectorJamil DehlaviStarsChristopher LeeShireen ShahJames CurranThe story of the Indian politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah who successfully campaigned for an independent Pakistan and became its first Governor-General.