Overview
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 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)