Jinnah
7.7
“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.
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Cast
16 people
Christopher Lee
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
James Fox
Mountbatten
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Maria Aitken
Edwina
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Shashi Kapoor
Narrator
Known for
Gulliver's Travels
Deewaar
Richard Lintern
Jinnah (Younger)
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The Bank Job
The Shadow Line
Indira Varma
Ruttie Jinnah
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Game of Thrones
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Sam Dastor
Gandhi
Known for
I, Claudius
Robert Ashby
Nehru
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Love Potion
Doctor Who: Timelash
Shireen Shah
Fatima Jinnah
Also in
Little Red Tractor
Frozen
Shakeel Yousuf
Liaquat Ali Khan
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Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan
Kankar
Ian Gelder
English Police Officer
Known for
Game of Thrones
Torchwood
Michael Elwyn
Sir Cyril Radcliffe
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House of the Dragon
Robin Hood
Jamil Dehlavi Director · Akbar Ahmed Writer Nigel Clarke Composer
Worldwide gross $230K · First release September 2, 1998 · Produced in Pakistan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$230,000
Production
Dehlavi Films
Production
The Quaid Project
Production
Petra Film
Production
Pakistan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Urdu
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 2, 1998
Premiere · Montréal Film Festival
United Kingdom · November 7, 1998
Theatrical · London Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Pakistan
November 7, 1998 · Theatrical
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