Synopsis
In 1947, the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic71/100
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Deepa MehtaScreenplay
- A.R. RahmanOriginal Music Composer
- Deepa MehtaDirector
Cast
- Aamir KhanDil Navaz
- Nandita DasShanta
- Rahul KhannaHassan
- Maia SethnaLenny Sethna
- Kitu GidwaniBunty Sethna
- Arif ZakariaRustom Sethna
- Eric PetersonMr. Rogers
- Kulbhushan KharbandaImam Din
- Pavan MalhotraButcher
- Sunil MehraToto Ramji
- Navtej Singh JoharSher Singh
- Raghubir YadavCast
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookwar of independencewoman directorpartition1940slahorepartition of india