
Jinnah
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.
Release Date: 1998-11-07
History
War
Drama
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Casts

Christopher Lee
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah

James Fox
as Mountbatten

Maria Aitken
as Edwina

Shashi Kapoor
as Narrator

Richard Lintern
as Jinnah (Younger)

Indira Varma
as Ruttie Jinnah

Sam Dastor
as Gandhi

Robert Ashby
as Nehru

Shireen Shah
as Fatima Jinnah

Ian Gelder
as English Police Officer