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Beyond Partition
Beyond Partition
(2006)
reflects South Asian filmmakers’ take on the Partition of India (1947).
Shot for over a year, this path-breaking documentary has taken into its
ambit, relevant films that emerged not only from India, but also from
Pakistan, Bangladesh and the UK.
A Lalit Mohan Joshi film, Beyond Partition explores the trauma of Partition and how it impacted on filmmakers from the Indian subcontinent. Renowned filmmakers, Gulzar and Govind Nihalani reflect on the communal violence they witnessed. Cinema veteran M.S. Sathyu and celebrated script writer Shama Zaidi question the very idea behind the division, while Pakistani filmmaker Sabiha Sumar focuses on some other powerful forces that generated the demand for Pakistan. Beyond Partition is, however, far more than just a recollection of the past from the view point of filmmakers. Producer-Director Lalit Mohan Joshi has skilfully connected the past with the present. The film explores current issues including terrorism and the tensions that intermittently vitiate Hindu-Muslim relations as well as Indo-Pakistan disputes – a continuing legacy of Partition. Its highlights include brilliant analyses of Partition, its aftermath and the current socio-political scene by a broad spectrum of seasoned filmmakers such as Shyam Benegal, Chandra Prakash Dwivedi and Saeed Akhtar Mirza. Mirza has also provided a frank insight into the post-Babri Masjid Muslim psyche. The view points of younger directors such as Meghna Gulzar have also been presented. Beyond Partition depicts how popular cinema has dealt with the theme of Partition and why. While doing so, film critics and film academicians talk of ingenious ways, such as masking, which were used to depict this human tragedy that cost more than a million lives and displaced over 15 million people. A treat for all film lovers and media students, Beyond Partition depicts rare archival footage from India’s Films Division and brings alive the making of landmark films like Nimai Ghosh’s Chhinnamool, M.S. Sathyu’s Garm Hava, Govind Nihalani’s Tamas, and Sabiha Sumar’s Khamosh Pani.
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Narration: George Arney
Hima Films
South Asian Cinema Foundation
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