A Pakistani Hindu boy Ramchand, and his father accidentally cross the border and is taken into prison for several years in India. Mother (Nandits Das) not knowing what has happened to the men in the family, spends more than 4 years with the hope of seeing them back again.
The story belongs to the time when India-Pakistan situation was no better and the life of the untouchables set at the border.
Based on true incidents and the emotional turmoil that Ramchand goes through has been captured well. Innocent Ramchand grows in a multi-cultural environment in the jail and how he copes with the taruma of his forced seperation from his mother, along with his father in a country so hostile to his own self. On the other hand a Dalit mother goes thorugh the implications of this unintended action. Forced to work for her living and to pay off her missing husband's debt.
The film made it evident that the lives of the down trodden lot is always subjected to the hands of political and intolerant social system.
A very straightforward story-telling brings out the victimised Hindu in Pakistan, ulike the regular victimised Muslims in India films these days. Songs by Shubha Mudgal added to the intense plot and the film talks about the plight of the humankind in general, crossing the boundaries of religious sentiments.
A must film to watch..............or you will miss something......
The story belongs to the time when India-Pakistan situation was no better and the life of the untouchables set at the border.
Based on true incidents and the emotional turmoil that Ramchand goes through has been captured well. Innocent Ramchand grows in a multi-cultural environment in the jail and how he copes with the taruma of his forced seperation from his mother, along with his father in a country so hostile to his own self. On the other hand a Dalit mother goes thorugh the implications of this unintended action. Forced to work for her living and to pay off her missing husband's debt.
The film made it evident that the lives of the down trodden lot is always subjected to the hands of political and intolerant social system.
A very straightforward story-telling brings out the victimised Hindu in Pakistan, ulike the regular victimised Muslims in India films these days. Songs by Shubha Mudgal added to the intense plot and the film talks about the plight of the humankind in general, crossing the boundaries of religious sentiments.
A must film to watch..............or you will miss something......
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heard and read a lot of this movie... now will watch :o)
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