USA: The film "Ramchand Pakistani" shines a light on cross border life between India and Pakistan

Record ID: 870306

  • Title: USA: The film "Ramchand Pakistani" shines a light on cross border life between India and Pakistan
  • Date: 9th May 2008
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS NANDITA DAS SAYING: "Well the kid is really the hero of the film. The story is but there are two small kids and they are just phenomenal. They really carry the film forward."
  • Embargoed: 24th May 2008 13:00
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: International Relations
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  • Story Text: A Pakistani movie shines a cinematic light on cross-border life between India and Pakistan.
    "Ramchand Pakistani," a film based on actual events that took place between India and Pakistan in 2002, has gained critical acclaim at the Tribeca Film Festival. It stars one of India's most Internationally acclaimed actresses Nandita Das and was written by Pakistani born Javed Jabbar.
    "I heard about this remarkable episode where an eight year old child and his father accidentally cross the Pakistan India border at a time of very critical tension war like tension and they disappear from the life of the mother of the child and the wife of this husband and this story came to a climax when completely out of touch with each other for over several years they return to the home village as part of the peace process," Jabbar told Reuters.
    Actress Nandita Das, plays the mother who struggles to survive without her family. Das was moved by the acting of the boy Navaid Jabbar who portrays Ramchand in the film.
    "Well the kid is really the hero of the film. The story is but there are two small kids and they are just phenomenal," she said. "They really carry the film forward."
    Mehreen Jabbar directs the film, that tells the dark story cross border story.
    "It feels really good to me that its come out from Pakistan because you don't hear about Pakistani films in the International circuit, so it makes me proud that Pakistan can be put on the map for the right reasons and not for just war against terror or assassinations and bomb blasts,"
    he said.
    The movie shows how a family becomes hostage to the bitter political relationship between India and Pakistan.
    After opening to critical acclaim in New York, 'Ramchand Pakistan' will continue to make the rounds of the North American Film Festival Circuit before heading to Europe.
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