Partition (1987)
1h 18m
Running Time
August 19, 1987Release Date
Plot.
The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and visually striking film. A lunatic asylum in the city of Lahore becomes a mirror image of events in the outside political world, with the same actors playing both inmates and rulers. Adapted by Tariq Ali and McMullen from famous Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto's short story 'Toba Tek Singh', Partition speaks for the countless millions that the usual British Raj films sweep out of sight. Released to mark the 60th anniversary of the partition of the Indian sub-continent, this is the film's first-ever release on DVD.
Where to Watch.
Subs
Currently Partition is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Stan
Streaming in:🇦🇺 Australia
Cast & Crew.
Bhasker Patel
Lunatic, Naval Officer, Civil Servant
Saeed Jaffrey
Actor
Harmage Singh Kalirai
Lunatic
Shaheen Khan
Actress
Leonie Mellinger
Actress
Zia Mohyeddin
Actor
Zohra Sehgal
Actress
Roshan Seth
Actor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Partition is a film by award-winning director Ken McMullen. The film is set in the turmoil surrounding the transfer of political power in British India from British to Indian hands and the Partition of the Indian subcontinent into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Republic of India in 1947. Made in 1987, the film was released on DVD in 2007. Its screening has been voted Time Out Critics' choice No 1 after 20 years.