Jinnah

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

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

James Fox

Mountbatten

Maria Aitken

Edwina

Shashi Kapoor

Narrator

Richard Lintern

Jinnah (Younger)

Indira Varma

Ruttie Jinnah

N/A

Sam Dastor

Gandhi

Robert Ashby

Nehru

Shireen Shah

Fatima Jinnah

N/A

Yousuf Kamal

Liaquat Ali Khan (as Shakeel)

Ian Gelder

English Police Officer

Michael Elwyn

Sir Cyril Radcliffe