Ramchand Pakistani

Directed by Mehreen Jabbar

2008•105 min
Genre
Drama
Language
UrduHindi

Synopsis

He crossed one line. And three lives changed forever.

Based on a actual events, the story is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme war like tension between the 2 countries and end up spending 5 years in an Indian prison while the mother left behind wonders what has happened to them.

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Selected Awards

Winner

FIPRESCI Prize

(2008)

Winner

Fribourg International Film Festival

Audience Award (2008)

Winner

Pakistan Media Awards

Best Film (2010)

Footnote

  1. Social impact

    Mehreen Jabbar's feature debut centers a Pakistani Hindu family, believed to be among the first Pakistani films since 1971 to place Hindu minority characters at its center amid India-Pakistan border tensions

Main Cast

Nandita DasNandita DasChampa
Rashid FarooqiRashid FarooqiShankar
SHSyed Fazal HussainYounger Ramchand
Hassan NiaziHassan NiaziDeepak
ZSZhalay SharhadiLaxmi
Maria WastiMaria WastiKamla
Adnan Shah TipuAdnan Shah TipuSharma

Director