Jinnah (1998)
"He fought for justice, and made Pakistan."

Title: Jinnah
Original Title: Jinnah
Release Date: 1998-11-07
Status: Released
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 22 votes)
Language: UR
Genres: History, War, Drama
Production Companies: Dehlavi Films, The Quaid Project, Petra Film
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

Sam Dastor
Gandhi

Robert Ashby
Nehru

Shireen Shah
Fatima Jinnah

Yousuf Kamal
Liaquat Ali Khan (as Shakeel)