The Museum of Modern Arts (MoMA), New York will screen Ramchand Pakistani directed by Mehreen Jabbar from April 21 through 26, 2010, as part of the monthly film series ContemporAsian. Based on a true story, Ramchand Pakistani (2008), starring Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqi, Syed Fazal Hussain, illustrates the political tensions between India and Pakistani through one family's tragic story.
In Ramchand Pakistani, an eight-year-old Pakistani boy accidentally crosses the border into India, and both he and his father are apprehended and thrown into an Indian jail. As they languish in prison for five years, the boy's mother, unaware of their whereabouts, struggles to build a new life by herself. Based on actual events, Ramchand Pakistani portrays the absurd price exacted on an ordinary family who are haplessly caught in the political crossfire between India and Pakistan, while also exposing the religious and social discrimination faced by lower-caste families in Pakistan.
As part of the monthly exhibition ContemporAsian,...
In Ramchand Pakistani, an eight-year-old Pakistani boy accidentally crosses the border into India, and both he and his father are apprehended and thrown into an Indian jail. As they languish in prison for five years, the boy's mother, unaware of their whereabouts, struggles to build a new life by herself. Based on actual events, Ramchand Pakistani portrays the absurd price exacted on an ordinary family who are haplessly caught in the political crossfire between India and Pakistan, while also exposing the religious and social discrimination faced by lower-caste families in Pakistan.
As part of the monthly exhibition ContemporAsian,...
- 3/19/2010
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