'Partition: 1947' intends to unite people: Huma Qureshi
Kolkata
July 26, 2017
Actress Huma Qureshi is not disconcerted by the "strong
reactions" to "Partition: 1947", saying the film intends to unite people and not
divide them.
"Partition is a very sensitive subject. People will have
strong reations to it. It's a film about peace, about humanity. It's intended to
unite people rather than divide. Some people want to say something... that's
really their choice," she told the media here on Wednesday in response to the
criticism it has garnered.
The film, released as "Viceroy's House"
outside India earlier this year, tells the story of India's partition. It stars
Qureshi, Manish Dayal, late Om Puri, Denzil Smith, Huge Bonneville and Gillian
Anderson among others.
Of all the criticisms levelled at the film, one of
the strongest has come from Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto, granddaughter of
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and niece of former Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto.
In a review in The Guardian, Bhutto had slammed the film for
belittling leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
and painting Muslims in a bad picture.
The film is slated to release in
India on August 18.
Kolkata
July 26, 2017
Actress Huma Qureshi is not disconcerted by the "strong
reactions" to "Partition: 1947", saying the film intends to unite people and not
divide them.
"Partition is a very sensitive subject. People will have
strong reations to it. It's a film about peace, about humanity. It's intended to
unite people rather than divide. Some people want to say something... that's
really their choice," she told the media here on Wednesday in response to the
criticism it has garnered.
The film, released as "Viceroy's House"
outside India earlier this year, tells the story of India's partition. It stars
Qureshi, Manish Dayal, late Om Puri, Denzil Smith, Huge Bonneville and Gillian
Anderson among others.
Of all the criticisms levelled at the film, one of
the strongest has come from Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto, granddaughter of
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and niece of former Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto.
In a review in The Guardian, Bhutto had slammed the film for
belittling leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
and painting Muslims in a bad picture.
The film is slated to release in
India on August 18.
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