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An epic biopic about the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the man who founded the Muslim nation of Pakistan in the wake of Great Britain’s relinquishment of control over India.After his death in 1948, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Christopher Lee) awaits final judgement in the afterlife and must tell the story of his life, before celestial bureaucrats decide his fate. His story covers the intense political strife and bloody events that led to the formation of the Muslim nation of Pakistan.Attracting much controversy during production, but released to great acclaim, particularly in Pakistan, Jamil Dehlavi’s Jinnah is an intelligent and moving piece of cinema, with a performance by Sir Christopher Lee that he personally believed to be the finest of his career.
Original Release
11/07/1998
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Christopher Lee | Mohammed Ali Jinnah |
Shireen Shah | Fatima Jinnah |
James Curran | Colonel Knowles |
Zafar Hameed | Doctor Baksh |
Ahmed Memon | Ambulance driver |
Fatima Hyder | Nurse |
Shashi Kapoor | Narrator / The Narrator |
Maria Aitken | Edwina / Edwina Mountbatten |
Indira Varma | Ruttie Jinnah |
Robert Ashby | Jawaharlal Nehru / Nehru |
Directors
Writers
Jamil Dehlavi, Akbar Ahmed, Farrukh Dhondy
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christopher Lee | Mohammed Ali Jinnah |
Shireen Shah | Fatima Jinnah |
James Curran | Colonel Knowles |
Zafar Hameed | Doctor Baksh |
Ahmed Memon | Ambulance driver |
Fatima Hyder | Nurse |
Shashi Kapoor | Narrator / The Narrator |
Maria Aitken | Edwina / Edwina Mountbatten |
Indira Varma | Ruttie Jinnah |
Robert Ashby | Jawaharlal Nehru / Nehru |
James Fox | Mountbatten / Lord Mountbatten |
Trevor Baxter | Lord Ismay |
David Pottinger | English Reporter I |
Stephen Mortlock | English Reporter II |
Sohail Malik | Indian Reporter |
Farooq Pal | Maulana |
David Quilter | Porrit |
Wakeel Farooqui | Village elder |
Intezar Hussain | Police Constable |
Zaheen Tahira | Village woman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Akbar Ahmed | Executive Producer |
Nasim Ashraf | Executive Producer |
Jamil Dehlavi | Producer |
Jane Jackson | Producer |