Train to Pakistan

Train to Pakistan (1997)

Tensions run high near the border of British India, which is about to be partitioned with a new country called Pakistan. Sikhs living in this border town have heard numerous stories of Muslims killing, raping, and looting other Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians, and many of whom are their friends and relatives. Enraged at the loss of law and order, they plan their own attack on a trainful of Muslims leaving British India. The train is overcrowded with tens and thousands of migrating passengers, who are even perched on the windows and seated on the roof of this train. The plot is to tear the bridge down when the train is on it, and no one will dare stop these men to carry out this horrific task

Date of release
1997-01-01
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Drama
Director
Pamela Rooks

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Train to Pakistan

Train to Pakistan is a 1998 Indian Hindi film adapted from Khushwant Singh's 1956 novel by the same name set in the Partition of India of 1947 and directed by Pamela Rooks. The film stars Nirmal Pandey, Rajit Kapur, Mohan Agashe, Smriti Mishra, Mangal Dhillon and Divya Dutta.

Production

The film was produced by Channel Four Films and National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), and the production company was Kaleidoscope Entertainment. The shooting began nearly fifty years after the actual partition of India in 1947.

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