Train to Pakistan

feature film, 1998.

DIRECTED BY: Pamela Rooks

Train to Pakistan

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

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