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.

6.6

110 min

Cast

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

Yousuf Kamal

as Liaquat Ali Khan (as Shakeel)

Ian Gelder

as English Police Officer

Michael Elwyn

as Sir Cyril Radcliffe

John Nettleton

as General Gracie

David Sterne

as Birwhistle

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Lord Willingdon

Rowena Cooper

as Lady Willingdon

Director

Jamil Dehlavi