Partition (2007 film)
Partition is a 2007 film directed by Vic Sarin, written by Patricia Finn and Vic Sarin, and starring Jimi Mistry and Kristin Kreuk. The film is set in 1947, based on the partition of India and was partially shot in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Gian Singh Jimi Mistry is a Sikh who goes off to war in the British Indian Army with his two best friends Andrew and Avtar. The three are being seen off by Andrews sister Margaret and Walter. Gian promises to look after Andrew only to resign after Andrew is killed. Gian is tortured by the guilt of not being able to save Andrew. The young Muslim woman Naseem Kristin Kreuk is separated from her family in riots and unaware that her father has been killed, hides in hope that the Sikh mobs wont find her.Gian finds Naseem in the woods, having just returned to his home town near the Pakistani border. Their efforts to hide are foiled Naseem and Gian are forced to bargain for Naseems life with money. The townspeople, although initially resenting her presence, begin to accept Naseem, and it seems that the bad parts of their lives have faded away until night when both Naseem and Gian suffer from tortured visions of their past. These visions ultimately unite the two and they get married and have a son they call Vijay. ........
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