Partition (2007)

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116 min - Drama | Romance - 2 February 2007 (Canada)

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During 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.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Jimi Mistry	...	Gian Singh / Mohammad Hassan
	Kristin Kreuk	...	Naseem Khan
	Neve Campbell	...	Margaret Stilwell
	John Light	...	Walter Hankins
	Irrfan	...	Avtar Singh (as Irrfan Khan)
	Madhur Jaffrey	...	Shanti Singh
	Arya Babbar	...	Akbar Khan
	Lushin Dubey	...	Mumtaz Khan
	Chenier Hundal	...	Zakir Khan
	Jesse Moss	...	Andrew Stilwell
	Jaden Rain	...	Vijay G. Singh
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Dolly Ahluwalia	...	Rani
	Tony Ali	...	Mullah
	Darshan Aulakh	...	Man #1
	Baljinder Bhangu	...	Policeman #1

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Gian Singh & Avtar Singh are officers with the Indian Army serving under the command of Andrew Stilwell, who lives with his sister, Margaret, in Delhi. During 1941 the trio are dispatched to active duty in Burma where Andrew is killed. Both Gian and Avtar return to their village in Sarsa, Punjab, where Gian lives with his widowed mom, Shanti. During 1947, after 350 years of occupying India, the British decide to leave, but not before separating Islamic Pakistan and secular India. Millions of Muslims crossed from India to Pakistan, while an equal number of Hindus, Sikhs, and Christians crossed over from the other side. A group of Muslims who were crossing over to Pakistan are attacked by a mob of sword wielding horse-riding Sikhs, and Hindus, including Avtar, many are slaughtered, but some do manage to escape. Muslims, in turn, kill all Hindus, Sikhs and Christian passengers on a train en-route to India... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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