PAKISTAN

 

 

 

Tamerlane the Great (1991) – Timur or Tamerlane founded the 14th century Timurid Dynasty in central Asia (including Iran and Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India)

 

Jinnah (1998) -- Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan

Earth (1998)  --  love story set against religious violence following Indian independence in 1947

Train to Pakistan (1998)  --  ethnic violence between Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs in Punjab after British left in 1947

Hey! Ram (2000) – bloody civil war between Hindus and Muslims that ultimately led to the neo-Islamic state of Pakistan

Last Day of the Raj (2007)  --  dealing with the division of India into Pakistan and India

Matir moina (The Clay Bird) (2002) – set in 1971, India intervenes on the side of the Bangladeshis against Pakistan, whose forces surrendered and Bangla Desh ("Country of Bangla") was established

 

 

My Son the Fanatic (1997)  --  Pakistani taxi-driver caught between British culture and Islamic fundamentalism

 

X  Untitled Benazir Bhutto Biopic (2009) – first woman elected to lead a Muslim state; Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996); assassinated

 

The Road to Guantanamo (2006)  --  three Pakistani-British citizens in Afghanistan are tortured by American soldiers

Khuda Ke Liye (meaning "In the Name of God") (2007)  --  a Pakistani student in the USA gets arrested following 9/11 hysteria

 

A Mighty Heart (2007)  --  death of journalist for the Wall Street Journal at the hands of a terrorist group in Pakistan