Jinnah (1998)
"He fought for justice, and made Pakistan."
Title: Jinnah
Original Title: Jinnah
Release Date: 1998-11-07
Status: Released
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 24 votes)
Language: UR
Genres: History, War, Drama
Production Companies: Dehlavi Films, The Quaid Project, Petra Film
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.
Cast
Christopher Lee
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
James Fox
Mountbatten
Maria Aitken
Edwina
Shashi Kapoor
Narrator
Richard Lintern
Jinnah (Younger)
Indira Varma
Ruttie Jinnah
Sam Dastor
Gandhi
Robert Ashby
Nehru
Shireen Shah
Fatima Jinnah
Yousuf Kamal
Liaquat Ali Khan (as Shakeel)