Movie Review: Gadar

Partition of India is great human tragedy but seldom dealt in films unlike world wars.This movie shows a couple caught in crossfire of ideology. Some points of movie are specially noticeable: 1.Pre independence Shimla and its elite environment. 2.How Muslim businessmen supported Muslim league. 3.How Pakistan govt literally pushed Hindus and Sikhs out from Pakistan and how they started massacring train loads of people. 4.Brothers of Amrish Puri- a minuscule minority of nationalist Muslims who were the hardest hit by partition.They never wanted Pakistan but felt cheated by congress.Khan Abdul gaffar khan walked out of congress meeting accepting partition saying "you have thrown us to wolves." Pakistan got maximum support from Indian Muslims living in what is India today but after partition no questions were asked.They were integrated in national mainstream.But same did not happen in Pakistan. It is in records that Mohajhirs from India financed Pakistan govt's day to day operations becoz they were allowed to take whatever they wanted from India but same was not true of wealthy Hindus and Sikhs from Lahore and Karachi.India should put claim on Pakistan. 5.When cousin of amisha remarks that music should be in Urdu rather than Hindi shows the beginning of Arabaization of Pakistan.It culminated in the process of denial of their Hindu past whereas in India even today Mughal are treated as national monarchs.