Jinnah (1998)
He fought for justice, and made Pakistan.
110 min
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
- November 7, 1998
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, Pakistan
- Music
- Nigel Clarke, Michael Csányi-Wills
- Box office
- $230,000
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Christopher Lee as Mohammed Ali Jinnah
- James Fox as Mountbatten
- Maria Aitken as Edwina Mountbatten
- Shashi Kapoor as The Narrator
- Richard Lintern as Jinnah (Younger)
- Indira Varma as Ruttie Jinnah
- Sam Dastor as Gandhi
- Robert Ashby as Jawaharlal Nehru
- Shireen Shah as Fatima Jinnah
- 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
- James Curran as Colonel Knowles
- Zafar Hameed as Doctor Baksh
- Ahmed Memon as Ambulance driver
- Fatima Hyder as Nurse
Crew
- Jamil Dehlavi · Director
- Akbar Ahmed · Writer
- Jamil Dehlavi · Writer
- Farrukh Dhondy · Writer
- Jamil Dehlavi · Producer
- Nigel Clarke · Composer
- Michael Csányi-Wills · Composer
- Nicholas D. Knowland · Cinematographer
- Paul Hodgson · Editor
- Robert M. Reitano · Editor
- Sue Jones · Casting director
- Mike Porter · Production designer