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)
Ian Gelder
English Police Officer
Michael Elwyn
Sir Cyril Radcliffe
John Nettleton
General Gracie
David Sterne
Birwhistle
Vernon Dobtcheff
Lord Willingdon
Rowena Cooper
Lady Willingdon
Crew
Jamil Dehlavi
Director, Writer, Producer
Akbar Ahmed
Writer, Executive Producer
Robert M. Reitano
Editor
Paul Hodgson
Editor
Nicholas D. Knowland
Director of Photography
Michael Porter
Production Design
Sue Jones
Casting
Barbara Rutter
Costume Design
Michael Csányi-Wills
Original Music Composer
Nigel Clarke
Original Music Composer
Gill Champion
Production Executive
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