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Cast

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Narrator

Roedad Khan

Roedad Khan

Self

Som Anand

Som Anand

Self

Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Sahgal

Self

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

Self (archive footage)

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Self (archive footage)

Golok Majumdar

Golok Majumdar

Self

Pran Chopra

Pran Chopra

Self

Ashoka Gupta

Ashoka Gupta

Self

Shankar Ghosh

Shankar Ghosh

Self

Pamela Hicks

Pamela Hicks

Self

Narendra Singh Sarila

Narendra Singh Sarila

Self

Louis Mountbatten

Louis Mountbatten

Self (archive footage)

Aridaman Singh Dhillon

Aridaman Singh Dhillon

Self

Satish Gujral

Satish Gujral

Self

Crew

Ricardo Pollack

Ricardo Pollack

Director

Subramanian Mani

Subramanian Mani

Sound

patrick bill

patrick bill

Production Design

Lawrence Gardner

Lawrence Gardner

Camera Operator

Movie poster

Partition: The Day India Burned

20070.0 / 1090 min
Documentary, History

Overview

Documentary about the effects of Britain's withdrawal from India in 1947 which triggered one of the biggest migrations in history. 15 million were displaced and more than a million lost their lives. The story is told through the testimony of people who lived together for centuries, but were forced out of their homes as one of the largest and most ethnically diverse nations in the world was divided. Dramatised reconstructions evoke some of the mistrust, violence and upheaval that ensued