MOVIE REVIEW

RAMCHAND PAKISTANI

By: Muhammad Asaad Ali Khan Sherani

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 INTRODUCTION
• Directed by Mehreen Jabbar
• Produced by Javed Jabbar
• Written by Javed Jabbar
• Screenplay by Muhammad Ahmed
• Music Composed by Deboivoti Minshra
• Country / Language : Pakistan / Urdu
• Distributed by Geo Films Museum Of Modern Arts
• Release Date : October 2, 2008 (Pakistan)
• Box Office : Rs 3.0 Crore
 CAST OF THE MOVIE

• Nandita Das as Champa

• Rashid Farooqi as Shankar
• Nouman Ijaz as Abdullah
• Maria Wasti as Kamla
• Syed Fazal Hussain as Younger Ramchand
• Navaid Jabbar as Older Ramchand
• Shahood Alvi as Asif Hussain
 STORY OUTLINE

• The film is about a Hindu Dalit family living in

Pakistan peacefully. Ramchand, the main protagonist,
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.
 BASIC THEME OF THE STORY

• How child cope the trauma of forced separation along

his father in neighbours jail.
•How the life of Wife-Mother changed due to this
sudden disappearance.
•Struggle for survival
 SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS

• Never take hasty decisions specially in anger.

• Never lose hope and fight till the end.
• Give respect and importance to your relations.
• Who ever you worship always keep faith in your God
he will never disappoint you.
• Love your land.
 LIST OF AWARDS
• The Film won the following Awards:
1. FIPRESCI Prize from the International Federation of
Film Critics at the Osian Film Festival, July, 2008.
2. Honourable Mention by the 13th Annual Satyajit Ray
Award at the 2008 London Film Festival.
3. Best Actor for Rashid Farooqi at the Kara Film Festival,
Pakistan, 2009.
4. Audience Award at the Fribourg International Film
Festival, Switzerland, March 2009.
5. Honourable Mention by the Eucumenical Jury at the
Fribourg International Film Festival, March 2009.
6. Honourable Mention by the E Changer Award at
the Fribourg International Film Festival, March
2009.
7. Ramchand Pakistani received a silver medal in the
feature film category at the 2012 SAARC Film
Awards.
8. Rashid Farooqi received the award for best actor
in the feature film at the 2012 SAARC Film
Awards.
9. Ramchand Pakistani won Best Film Award
on Pakistan Media Award in 2010.
 RECOMMENDATIONS
• A must watch movie.
• Different concept far more better than today's
commercial films full of item songs.