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  1. Check out the review of movie Partition: 1947 starring Huma Qureshi, Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, and Michael Gambon. Check out the video to know more.

    • 4 min
    • 2.3K
    • Bollywood Bubble
  2. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, PARTITION: 1947 tells us the untold story behind Partition.After 300 years, the rule was coming to an end.

    • 3 min
    • 7.1M
    • RelianceEntertainment
  3. Aug 17, 2017 · The film, dubbed in Hindi and re-christened Partition: 1947, closely follows the workings of the last Viceroy to India and the events leading up to 15 August 1947.

    • Stutee Ghosh
  4. Aug 17, 2017 · Partition: 1947 Movie Review. Story: Lord Mountbatten, the final Viceroy of India, is given the duty to oversee the transition of a British owned India to an independent nation.

    • Gurinder Chadha
    • Neil Soans
    • Huma Qureshi
    • Plot
    • Direction
    • Performances
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    Lord'Dickie'Mountbatten(HughBonneville),thelastviceroyappointedbyGeorgeVIarrivesinIndiawithhiswifeEdwina(GillianAnderson)anddaughterPamela(LilyTravers)tooverseethepeacefultransferofpowerfromBritaintoIndiain1947.Hispalatialmansion,'TheViceroy'sHouse'refractsthestoryofpartitionofIndia whichwent ontoconflictwoundsthatrundeep. Meanwhile,thereislovesimm...

    Justbeforetheendcreditsroll,directorGurinderChadha mentions howtheuglypartitionengulfedherSikhrelativesand oneofheraunts,amerechildfellvictimtostarvation.Ifonegoesbythesewords,'1947:Partition'is supposedtobeamorepersonalaccount.Butunfortunately,itendsupbeingmeresuperficial. WhatbreaksyourheartevenmoreisthatChadhaimposesaclichedlovestoryinhernarrati...

    HughBonnevilleplayshisroleofLordMountbattenwithperfection.GillianAndersonasEdwinaMountbattenhasplentyofshiningmomentsinthefilm. ThoughManishDayal-HumaQureshi'sromantictrackisn'timpressive,theduostillmanagetoholdyourattention.TanveerGhaniandDenzilSmith areaptlycastas Nehruand Jinnahrespectively. NeerajKabilooksabitawkwardasGandhi.ArunodaySinghandLat...

    1947:Partitioniswell-intentioned,butitfailstopierceyourheartandendsupbeingmerelysuperficial.Watchitonlyifyouareinamoodforsomequickre-runofhistorybutdon'twanttoreachouttothosedrabhistorytextbooks!

    • Gurinder Chadha
  5. Aug 17, 2017 · The film is superbly shot by cinematographer Ben Smithard whose lenses explore the wide vistas not for impressive visuals, but to seek out the human face of a political tragedy so immense that it...

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  7. Aug 17, 2017 · Partition: 1947 Movie Review - Director Gurinder Chadha serves up an excruciatingly amateurish film about the separation of India and Pakistan.

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