PARTITION
Starring:
Neve Campbell, Kristin Kreuk, Jimi Mistry, Irfan Khan, Aarya Babbar

Ottawa Advance Screening on Jan 24, 2007

This may be good, but I'm not too excited because it seems whenever the west want to show India it's always about poverty or religious tension. However I'm sure they will do a better job than the crap bollywood (and lollywood) has come out with. But why oh why did they have Kristin Kreuk playing the role of the muslim girl? Were there no Indian/Pakistani girls who could have done so and I may say a better job? Don't get me wrong she is OK as an actress and cute, but she's half-white half-chinese and I think it's unfair on actors from south asian backgrounds who didn't even get the chance. I expected better from an Indian-born director.
Also Jimi Mistry is half-Indian but playing a full Indian. What's wrong with getting actors from similar backgrounds to play the roles?
You don't see fair skinned Indian girls in the west playing white girls do you?

But looking at the pics on IMDB, they do look quite convincing in their roles.

The film is running in the art circuit. This week it's in Ottawa and may be other places too. The film and interviews have been covered widely in the media. As I read/ seen in interviews:
The maker/ director is 'last name' Sarin. He made this film from what he himself witnessed. As I can see it from its storyline, it's basically Gadar type film. But, made for Western audiences. He did not want to portray India/ Pakistan seperation but an 'India Pakistan Type' mass migration, termoil/ separation and that's why non-Indian actors.

All this as I recall from publicity material/ interviews.

Hopefully, I'll catch this film in a day or two.