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Train to Pakistan (1998)

Train to Pakistan poster
Directed by
Pamela Rooks
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
A
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the 1947 Partition of India, a small village near the border is disrupted by religious violence and the arrival of trains carrying refugees. The story follows local residents as they face difficult moral choices and the threat of brutal conflict.

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What happens

Train to Pakistan is a 1998 Indian Hindi film adapted from Khushwant Singh's 1956 novel by the same name set in the Partition of India of 1947 and directed by Pamela Rooks. The film stars Nirmal Pandey, Rajit Kapur, Mohan Agashe, Smriti Mishra, Mangal Dhillon and Divya Dutta. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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