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{{Infobox Film
{{Infobox film
| name = '''Ramchand Pakistani'''
| name = Ramchand Pakistani
| image = Ramchand pakistani poster.JPG
| image = Ramchand pakistani poster.JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Movie poster for ''Ramchand Pakistani''
| director = [[Mehreen Jabbar]]
| alt =
| producer = [[Javed Jabbar]]
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name =
| director = [[Mehreen Jabbar]]<ref name=Dawn/>
| producer = [[Javed Jabbar]]<ref name=Dawn/>
| writer = [[Javed Jabbar]]
| writer = [[Javed Jabbar]]
| photography = [[Faisal Bukhari]]
| screenplay = Mohammad Ahmed
| lyrics = [[Anwar Maqsood]]
| story =
| based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} -->
| starring = [[Nandita Das]], [[Rashid Farooqi]], [[Syed Fazel Hussain]], [[Maria Wasti]], [[Noman Ijaz]]
| music = [[Debajyoti Mishra]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Rashid Farooqui]]<br>[[Nandita Das]]<br>Syed Fazal Hussain<br>[[Maria Wasti]]<br>[[Nouman Ijaz]]<br>Hassan Niazi<br>[[Adnan Shah]]<br>[[Shahood Alvi]]<br>[[Zhalay Sarhadi]]<br>Saleem Mairaj<br>[[Saife Hassan]]<br>Sajid Shah
| cinematography = [[Sofian Khan]]
| editing = [[Aseem Sinha]]
| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
| cinematography = Sofian Khan
| released = October 2, 2008
| runtime = 103 min
| editing = Aseem Sinha
| country = {{pak}}
| studio = [[Percept Picture Company]]
| distributor = [[Geo Films]]<br>[[Museum of Modern Art]]
| language = [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| budget =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|10|02|Pakistan}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
| domestic gross =
| preceded_by =
| country = [[Pakistan]]
| followed_by =
| language = [[Urdu]]
| budget = {{PKRConvert|6.0|c}} <ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|title=Pakistani movie to play in India|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/921237/pakistani-movie-to-play-in-india|accessdate=9 July 2022|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|date=19 July 2008}}</ref>
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'''''Ramchand Pakistani''''' is a [[Pakistani]] [[Urdu]] film that tells a true story.


'''''Ramchand Pakistani''''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|رام چند پاکستانی}}}}) is a 2008 [[Urdu]]-language [[Cinema of Pakistan|Pakistani]] [[drama]] film directed by [[Mehreen Jabbar]] and produced by [[Javed Jabbar]].<ref name=NYT>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/451742/Ramchand-Pakistani/overview|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210122/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/451742/Ramchand-Pakistani/overview|url-status = dead|archive-date = 6 June 2014|author=Stephen Holden|title = Ramchand-Pakistani - Directed by Mehreen Jabbar|department = Movies & TV Dept.|work = The New York Times|publisher = [[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|author-link = Stephen Holden|date = 2014|access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>
Recently Mehreen Jabbar, one of Pakistan’s outstanding young directors{{Fact|date=December 2007}}, who has directed and produced a number of highly acclaimed, award-winning TV serials{{Fact|date=December 2007}} and plays, including New York Stories, Pehchaan, Kahaniyaan and Putli Ghar, completed her first directorial venture into big-screen cinema, called [[Ramchand Pakistani]]. The film is in Urdu but for international audiences it will be sub-titled in English and other foreign languages.


The film features [[Nandita Das]], [[Rashid Farooqi]], Syed Fazel Hussain, [[Maria Wasti]] and [[Noman Ijaz]] in lead roles. The film is based on a true story of a boy who inadvertently crosses the border between Pakistan and [[India]] and the following ordeal that his family has to go through.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Ramchand-Pakistani/movie-review/3557591.cms|title = Ramchand Pakistani Movie Review |date=7 April 2016 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref> Ramchand Pakistani was also released in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkata-release-of-Pak-film-in-limbo/articleshow/48090946.cms|title=Kolkata release of Pak film in limbo}}</ref><ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ramchand_pakistani/ Ramchand Pakistani (2008 film), film review on Rotten Tomatoes website] Retrieved 5 June 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1095421/ Ramchand Pakistani (2008) on IMDb website] Retrieved 5 June 2019</ref>
==Synopsis==
Nandita plays Champa, a Pakistani Hindu woman who is left desolate when her young son and husband disappear one day from their village at the Pakistan-India border near Nagarparkar, in Tharparkar. Nandita Das is the only non-Pakistani actor in the large cast comprising well-known Pakistani TV and stage personalities including Rashid Farooqi, Noman Aijaz, Maria Wasti, Zhalay Sarhadi, Syed Fazal Ahmed, (who plays the title role) Farooq Pario, Shahood Alvi, Adarsh Ayaz, Salim Mairaj, Tipu, and Navaid Jabbar (no relation to the producer or director).


==Plot==
==Plot==
'''Ramchand Pakistani''' is derived from a true story concerning the accidental crossing of the India-Pakistan border during a period (June 2002) of extreme, war-like tension between the two countries by two members of a Pakistani Hindu family belonging to the 'untouchable' (Dalit) caste, and the extraordinary consequences of this unintended action upon the lives of a woman, a man, and their son.
Champa ([[Nandita Das]]) is a [[Hindu]] woman who is left desolate when her young son and husband disappear one day from their village at the [[India-Pakistan border]] near [[Nagarparkar]], in the [[Tharparkar]] district of the [[Sindh]] province. The film depicts the crossing of the India-Pakistan border, during a period (June 2002) of war-like tension between the two countries, by two members of a [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] [[Hindu]] family belonging to the '[[Untouchability|untouchable]]' [[Dalit|dalit caste]], and the extraordinary consequences of this unintended action upon the lives of a woman, a man, and their son.


The film is about a Hindu Dalit family living in Pakistan peacefully. Ramchand, the main protagonist who is 8 years old, is the son of Shankar and Champa. One day, after an altercation with his mother, Ramchand runs away in anger and, accidentally, crosses the Indo-Pakistan border into India. His father follows him and, he too, crosses the border into India.
The singular theme of the film is how a child from Pakistan aged eight years learns to cope with the trauma of forced separation from his mother while being held prisoner, along with his father in the jail of a country i.e. India, which is hostile to his own, while on the other side of the border, the wife-mother, devastated by their sudden disappearance builds a new chapter of her life, by her solitary struggle for sheer survival.


After being arrested by the border security personnel, they are sent to a prison in India and stay there for a long time. They get a release order soon, but later it turns out to be a mistake and they are sent back to the jail. Ramchand, the 8 years old boy, and his father Shankar are unregistered prisoners during much of their stay in India.<ref name=NYT/> Meanwhile, Ramchand’s mother, Champa, leads a life of loneliness and although she takes a temporary job in a faraway place, she returns to her village.
The film portrays the lives of a family that is at the bottom of a discriminatory religious ladder and an insensitive social system, which is nevertheless tolerant, inclusive and pluralist. The irony is compounded by the fact that such a family becomes hostage to the acrimonious political relationship between two neighbor-states poised on the brink of war.


Finally, after 5 years,<ref name=NYT/> when Ramchand has grown a few years, he gets released. He returns home to his mother. His father, Shankar, also gets released soon after. They are united and there, the film ends.
==Overview==
The film was released in Pakistan and India in September 2008. Screenplay by Mohammad Ahmed and written and produced by Javed Jabbar. The music director is Debajyoti Mishra, lyrics by Anwar Maqsood and the songs are sung by Shuba Mudgal and Shafqat Amanat Ali. The cinematographer is Sofian Khan, the associate producer is Mariam Mukaty, and the creative consultant is Sonia Rehman Qureshi.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Nandita Das]] as Champa
* [[Nandita Das]] as Champa<ref name=Dawn/>
* [[Usman Abbasi]] as Younger Ramchand
* Syed Fazal Hussain as Younger Ramchand<ref name=NYT/>
* [[Navaid Jabbar]] as Older Ramchand
* Navaid Jabbar as Older Ramchand<ref name=NYT/>
* [[Rashid Farooqui]] as Shankar
* Rashid Farooqui as Shankar<ref name=NYT/>
* [[Maria Wasti]] as Kamla
* [[Maria Wasti]] as Kamla<ref name=NYT/>
* [[Nouman Ijaz]] as Abdullah
* [[Nouman Ijaz]] as Abdullah<ref name=NYT/>
* [[Adnan Shah]] as Sharma
* [[Adnan Shah]] as Sharma
* [[Adarsh Ayaz]] as Moti
* Adarsh Ayaz as Moti
* [[Farooq Pario]] as Suresh
* Farooq Pario as Suresh
* [[Shahood Alvi]] as Asif Hussain
* [[Shahood Alvi]] as Asif Hussain
* [[Zhaley Sarhadi]] as Lakshmi
* [[Zhalay Sarhadi]] as Lakshmi
* [[Atif Badar]] as Lalu
* Atif Badar as Lalu
* [[Saleem Mairaj]] as Vishesh
* Saleem Mairaj as Vishesh
* [[Saif-e-Hasan]] as Murad
* Saif-e-Hasan as Murad
* Tahiirz as VKS
* [[Rao Saleem]] as Interrogator, [[Border Security Force]], [[India]]
* Rao Saleem as Interrogator
* [[Karim Bux Baloch]] as Baloch
* Karim Bux Baloch as Baloch
* [[Master Yaqub]] as Baba Gul
* [[Hassan Niazi]] as Deepak
* Master Yaqub as Baba Gul
* [[Kazim Raza]] as Professor
* Hassan Niazi as Deepak
* [[Muhammad Rafiq]] as Bengali
* Kazim Raza as Professor
* Muhammad Rafiq as Bengali
* [[Sajid Shah]] as Inspector, [[Border Security Force]], [[India]]
* [[Iqbal Motilani]] as Maulvi
* Sajid Shah as Inspector
* Iqbal Motilani as Maulvi
* [[Anis Chachar]] as Captain Saleem
* Anis Chachar as Captain Saleem

==Film screenings overseas==
This film had six screenings at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York City]] in 2010.<ref name=NYT/>

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack is composed by [[Debojyoti Mishra]]<ref name=NYT/> and include the following songs:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singers !! Composer !! Duration
|-
| 01 || Teri Meri Preet || [[Shubha Mudgal]] || [[Debojyoti Mishra]] || 5:34
|-
| 02 || Allah Megh De || [[Shubha Mudgal]] & [[Shafqat Amanat Ali]] || [[Debojyoti Mishra]] || 4:41
|-
| 03 || Phir Wahi Raste || [[Shafqat Amanat Ali]] || [[Debojyoti Mishra]] || 5:52
|-
| 04 || Khari Neem Key Neechay || [[Mai Bhagi]] || [[Debojyoti Mishra]] || 5:24
|-
| 05 || Tarrin Paunda || [[Allan Fakir]] || [[Debojyoti Mishra]] || 6:09
|-
| 06 || Meri Maat || [[Instrumental]] || [[Debojyoti Mishra]] || 4:19
|-
|}

==Awards==
This film won the following awards:
*FIPRESCI Prize from the [[International Federation of Film Critics]] at the Osian Film Festival, July, 2008<ref name=IMDb2>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1095421/awards Awards for Ramchand Pakistani (2008 film) on IMDb website] Retrieved 5 June 2019</ref>
* Winner of Honourable Mention by the 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award at the 2008 London Film Festival.<ref name=IMDb2/>
* Best Actor for Rashid Farooqi at the KaraFilm Festival, Pakistan, 2009
* Winner of Audience Award at the [[Fribourg International Film Festival]], Switzerland, March 2009.<ref name=IMDb2/>
* Winner of Special Mention by the Eucumenical Jury at the [[Fribourg International Film Festival]] March 2009.<ref name=IMDb2/>
* Winner of Special Mention by the E-Changer Award at the [[Fribourg International Film Festival]] in March 2009<ref name=IMDb2/>
* Ramchand Pakistani received a silver medal in the feature film category at the 2012 SAARC Film Awards.
* Rashid Farooqui received the award for best actor in the feature film at the 2012 SAARC Film Awards.
* Ramchand Pakistani won Best Film Award on [[Pakistan Media Awards|Pakistan Media Award]] in 2010.

===Lux Style Awards===
{|class="wikitable style"
! Ceremony
! Category
! Recipient
! Result
|-
| rowspan="5"|[[8th Lux Style Awards]]
| Best Film
| [[Javed Jabbar]]
| {{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|Best Film Actor
| [[Rashid Farooqui]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Syed Fazal Hussain
| {{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|Best Film Actress
| [[Nandita Das]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Maria Wasti]]
| {{Won}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Godiji|Gori temple]], the site of Meri Maati song.
* [[Nagarparkar]] Bhodesar temple: the site of Tarrin Paunda song.

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1095421}}
* [http://www.ramchandpakistani.com/ Ramchand Pakistani] – Official Website
* [https://movies.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/movies/21ram.html Movie Review Ramchand Pakistani (2008)]
* {{imdb title|id=1095421|title=Ramchand Pakistani}}

*[http://dearcinema.com/interview-mehreen-jabbar-director-ramchand-pakistani/ DearCinema.com Interview: Director, Ramchand Pakistani]
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Latest revision as of 00:39, 2 December 2024

Ramchand Pakistani
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMehreen Jabbar[1]
Written byJaved Jabbar
Screenplay byMohammad Ahmed
Produced byJaved Jabbar[1]
StarringRashid Farooqui
Nandita Das
Syed Fazal Hussain
Maria Wasti
Nouman Ijaz
Hassan Niazi
Adnan Shah
Shahood Alvi
Zhalay Sarhadi
Saleem Mairaj
Saife Hassan
Sajid Shah
CinematographySofian Khan
Edited byAseem Sinha
Music byDebojyoti Mishra
Production
company
Distributed byGeo Films
Museum of Modern Art
Release date
  • 2 October 2008 (2008-10-02) (Pakistan)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu
BudgetRs. 6.0 crore (US$210,000) [1]

Ramchand Pakistani (Urdu: رام چند پاکستانی) is a 2008 Urdu-language Pakistani drama film directed by Mehreen Jabbar and produced by Javed Jabbar.[2]

The film features Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqi, Syed Fazel Hussain, Maria Wasti and Noman Ijaz in lead roles. The film is based on a true story of a boy who inadvertently crosses the border between Pakistan and India and the following ordeal that his family has to go through.[3] Ramchand Pakistani was also released in India.[4][5][6]

Plot

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Champa (Nandita Das) is a Hindu woman who is left desolate when her young son and husband disappear one day from their village at the India-Pakistan border near Nagarparkar, in the Tharparkar district of the Sindh province. The film depicts the crossing of the India-Pakistan border, during a period (June 2002) of war-like tension between the two countries, by two members of a Pakistani Hindu family belonging to the 'untouchable' dalit caste, and the extraordinary consequences of this unintended action upon the lives of a woman, a man, and their son.

The film is about a Hindu Dalit family living in Pakistan peacefully. Ramchand, the main protagonist who is 8 years old, is the son of Shankar and Champa. One day, after an altercation with his mother, Ramchand runs away in anger and, accidentally, crosses the Indo-Pakistan border into India. His father follows him and, he too, crosses the border into India.

After being arrested by the border security personnel, they are sent to a prison in India and stay there for a long time. They get a release order soon, but later it turns out to be a mistake and they are sent back to the jail. Ramchand, the 8 years old boy, and his father Shankar are unregistered prisoners during much of their stay in India.[2] Meanwhile, Ramchand’s mother, Champa, leads a life of loneliness and although she takes a temporary job in a faraway place, she returns to her village.

Finally, after 5 years,[2] when Ramchand has grown a few years, he gets released. He returns home to his mother. His father, Shankar, also gets released soon after. They are united and there, the film ends.

Cast

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  • Nandita Das as Champa[1]
  • Syed Fazal Hussain as Younger Ramchand[2]
  • Navaid Jabbar as Older Ramchand[2]
  • Rashid Farooqui as Shankar[2]
  • Maria Wasti as Kamla[2]
  • Nouman Ijaz as Abdullah[2]
  • Adnan Shah as Sharma
  • Adarsh Ayaz as Moti
  • Farooq Pario as Suresh
  • Shahood Alvi as Asif Hussain
  • Zhalay Sarhadi as Lakshmi
  • Atif Badar as Lalu
  • Saleem Mairaj as Vishesh
  • Saif-e-Hasan as Murad
  • Tahiirz as VKS
  • Rao Saleem as Interrogator
  • Karim Bux Baloch as Baloch
  • Master Yaqub as Baba Gul
  • Hassan Niazi as Deepak
  • Kazim Raza as Professor
  • Muhammad Rafiq as Bengali
  • Sajid Shah as Inspector
  • Iqbal Motilani as Maulvi
  • Anis Chachar as Captain Saleem

Film screenings overseas

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This film had six screenings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 2010.[2]

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack is composed by Debojyoti Mishra[2] and include the following songs:

Track Song Singers Composer Duration
01 Teri Meri Preet Shubha Mudgal Debojyoti Mishra 5:34
02 Allah Megh De Shubha Mudgal & Shafqat Amanat Ali Debojyoti Mishra 4:41
03 Phir Wahi Raste Shafqat Amanat Ali Debojyoti Mishra 5:52
04 Khari Neem Key Neechay Mai Bhagi Debojyoti Mishra 5:24
05 Tarrin Paunda Allan Fakir Debojyoti Mishra 6:09
06 Meri Maat Instrumental Debojyoti Mishra 4:19

Awards

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This film won the following awards:

Lux Style Awards

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Ceremony Category Recipient Result
8th Lux Style Awards Best Film Javed Jabbar Won
Best Film Actor Rashid Farooqui Nominated
Syed Fazal Hussain Nominated
Best Film Actress Nandita Das Nominated
Maria Wasti Won

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Pakistani movie to play in India". Dawn (newspaper). 19 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stephen Holden (2014). "Ramchand-Pakistani - Directed by Mehreen Jabbar". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Ramchand Pakistani Movie Review". The Times of India. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Kolkata release of Pak film in limbo".
  5. ^ Ramchand Pakistani (2008 film), film review on Rotten Tomatoes website Retrieved 5 June 2019
  6. ^ Ramchand Pakistani (2008) on IMDb website Retrieved 5 June 2019
  7. ^ a b c d e Awards for Ramchand Pakistani (2008 film) on IMDb website Retrieved 5 June 2019
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