Train to Pakistan
feature film, 1998.
DIRECTED BY: Pamela Rooks
CAST:
Mohan Agashe (Hukum Chand),
Nirmal Pandey (Juggut Singh),
Rajit Kapoor (Iqbal),
Smriti Mishra,
Divya Dutta
SCRIPT:
Pamela Rooks (prema romanu Khushwanta Singha)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Sunny Joseph
Synopsis:
In Mano Majra, village in Punjab on the border of India and Pakistan, Sikh majority and Muslim minority live in peaceful coexistence. Their harmonious relations are disturbed by the political climate created by the partition of British India. While Indian Muslims are moving to Pakistan, and Hindu and Sikh population leaving newly formed Pakistan for India, local propagandists and stories of hatred and violence turn peaceful neighbours into enemies.
hindi, 35 mm, color, 108min