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Train To Pakistan

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  • "Ṭ̄rena ṭū Pākistāna"
  • "Ṭarain ṭū Pākistān"

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  • ""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"--Internet movie database WWW site, viewed August 2, 2012."
  • "Set during the political struggles of 1947, a town on the Punjab between India and Pakistan witnesses and becomes embroiled in the escalating violence between Sikhs and Muslims."
  • "The Muslims and Sikhs in Mano Majra have always co-existed peacefully. One day, the village money lender is murdered and Juggut Singh, the village ruffian is considered a prime suspect. As a Sikh, his secret love affair with Nooran, a Muslim, seemed ill-fated. During the partition of British India in 1947, Pakistan was formed and Mano Majra found itself near the border between India and Pakistan. One night, a ghost train travels into the village and is found to be filled with corpses of Hindus and Sikhs, who had been murdered by the Muslims in an Islam-ruled Pakistan. Religious tensions run high and the Muslims in the village are forced to seek refuge in Pakistan. However, some Sikh fanatics are out to get an eye for an eye, as they plunder the homes of the Muslims and incite the Sikh villagers to plan an attack on the train carrying Nooran and the other Muslim villagers to Pakistan. When Juggut is released from prison, he finds himself the unlikely hero as he foils the attack in order to save his beloved Nooran. This film is based on the acclaimed novel by Khushwant Singh. Festivals: Cinequest San Jose Film Festival; Zanzibar International Film Festival; World Film Festival; National Films from South Festival, Denmark; Beirut International Film Festival; Fiminale International Film Festival, Konl, Germany; Soria Mora Film Festival, Oslo."
  • "Set during the political struggles of 1947, a town on the Punjab border between India and Pakistan witnesses and becomes embroiled in the escalating violence between Sikhs and Muslims."
  • "Based on the novel by Khushwant Singh, 'Train to Pakistan' is the story of a small town on the border of India and Pakistan during the period that partition is ripping the cultures apart."

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  • "Foreign films"
  • "History"
  • "Historical films"
  • "Political films"
  • "Musical films"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Hindi language films"
  • "Motion pictures"
  • "Drama"
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Fiction films"

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  • "Train To Pakistan"
  • "Train to Pakistan"

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