Jinnah (1998)

Director:

Jamil Dehlavi

Writers:

Akbar Ahmed (writer)
Jamil Dehlavi (writer)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

He fought for justice, and made Pakistan.

Plot:

The story of Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

Plot Keywords:

Jinnah | British | India | Pakistan | War

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Christopher Lee	...	Mohammed Ali Jinnah
James Fox	...	Mountbatten
Maria Aitken	...	Edwina
Shashi Kapoor	...	Narrator
Richard Lintern	...	Jinnah (Younger)
Shireen Shah	...	Fatima Jinnah
Robert Ashby	...	Nehru
Indira Varma	...	Ruttie Jinnah
Sam Dastor	...	Gandhi
Shakeel	...	Liaquat Ali Khan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nafees Ahmed	...	Younger Dina
Vaneeza Ahmed	...	Dina (Older)
Roger Brierley	...	Judge
Rowena Cooper	...	Lady Willingdon
James Curran	...	Colonel Knowles
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Lord Willingdon
Michael Elwyn	...	Sir Cyril Radcliffe
Ian Gelder	...	The English police officer
Christopher Godwin	...	Recruitment officer
John Grillo	...	Sir Dinshaw Petit
Talat Hussain	...	Refugee
Stephen Mortlock	...	English Reporter
John Nettleton	...	General Gracie
David Quilter	...	Porrit
Khayyam Sarhadi	...	Nishtar
David Sterne	...	Birtwhistle
Marc Zuber	...	Muhammad Iqhal

Directed by
Jamil Dehlavi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Akbar Ahmed		writer
Jamil Dehlavi		writer

Produced by
Akbar Ahmed	....	executive producer
Nasim Ashraf	....	executive producer
Jamil Dehlavi	....	producer
Jane Jackson	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Nigel Clarke
Michael Csányi-Wills

Cinematography by
Nicholas D. Knowland		(as Nic Knowland)

Film Editing by
Paul Hodgson
Robert M. Reitano

Casting by
Sue James

Production Design by
Mike Porter

Costume Design by
Barbara Rutter

Makeup Department
Lesley Lamont-Fisher	....	makeup designer
Derek Lloyd	....	hair stylist
Derek Lloyd	....	makeup artist
Christopher Redman	....	hair stylist
Christopher Redman	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Andrew Wood	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barrie McCulloch	....	second assistant director
Daniel Toland	....	assistant director
Gary White	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Campbell Mitchell	....	stand-by property master

Sound Department
Godfrey Kirby	....	sound recordist
Branka Mrkic	....	adr editor
Daniel Pagan	....	assistant sound editor
Harry Peck Bolles	....	sound editor
Dan Sable	....	supervising sound editor
Lynn Sable	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Eric Person	....	digital effects

Stunts
Gerry Crampton	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Dempsey	....	camera trainee
Micky Reeves	....	gaffer
Gary Turnbull	....	director of photography: second unit
Jason Wingrove	....	clapper loader

Editorial Department
Simon Cozens	....	first assistant editor
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher

Music Department
Robin Morrison	....	music production

Other crew
Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor	....	production coordinator
Cassandra King	....	production coordinator
Peter Winstanley	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Dehlavi Films
• Petra Film
• The Quaid Project

Also Known As:

Mohammed Ali Jinnah (Pakistan: English title)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

UK | Pakistan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Filming Locations:

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Company:

Dehlavi Films

Trivia:

In a press conference at the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival 2002, Christopher Lee referred to his performance in this film as being "by far the best thing I've ever done".

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dare to Dream (1998)

Class that shows

Jinnah the movie has some artistic beauty in it, even the blowing of sand in desert at the end of the movie leaves a deep impact over the viewer.

Actors have acted superbly but Talat Hussain has been wasted. He could have unleased his talent in the small role he had, like Om puri did in Gandhi.

Its no match for Gandhi,the story telling is different the personalities are different and the camera work is different. There are no negative characters in the film. Very neutral film, without making Jinnah an angel and Hindu's or British the scapegoat.

I only feel sorry for my country men , majority of whom will not be able to understand the story telling technique.