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.

Jinnah (1998)

He fought for justice, and made Pakistan.

★ 6.9/10 November 7, 1998 110 min

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Director: Jamil Dehlavi  ·  Writers: Akbar Ahmed, Jamil Dehlavi

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.

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Director

Jamil Dehlavi

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 Shakeel Yousuf Liaquat Ali Khan Ian Gelder English Police Officer Michael Elwyn Sir Cyril Radcliffe