Comparatively, this is a movie in its own class, well directed and effectively pictured. The Quaid-e-Azam (Muhammed Ali Jinnah) is portrayed as a leader of unwavering integrity and impeccable determination, all set to win a country for the hapless Muslims of the sub-continent.
However, history has been distorted (wittingly or unwittingly ?) at least on one occasion. It was not Allama Iqbal who persuaded Jinnah in 1933 to return to the sub-continent and lead the Muslims. Instead, the fact is that Mr. Abdur Rahim Dard (the resident missionary of Ahmadiyya Community) in London was responsible for convincing Mr. Jinnah to return to his land of birth and fight for the cause of his brethren Muslims. It was Mr. Dard's eloquent persuasion that led Mr. Jinnah to accept his logic of leading/guiding the hapless Muslim masses of south Asia. It seems that Mr. Jamil Dehlevi could not muster the courage to film this fact as it would had annoyed the Pakistani countrymen beyond any reasonable rationale. THE TRUTH WILL LIVE FOREVER. NO AMOUNT OR REASON AS EXCUSE FOR THE DISTORTION OF HISTORY CAN BE JUSTIFIED.
It may be the best acting performance of Christopher Lee, quite in contrast with his earlier dreadful image of Count Dracula and mostly negative roles as villain like in the Bond movie "The Man with The Golden Gun" .... but, he was, indeed too bulky to portray an aged and skinny Jinnah, as in reality.
All said, the movie is respectably poised to exalt the saintly image of an honest and principled leader of the Muslims of the South Asian subcontinent.
However, history has been distorted (wittingly or unwittingly ?) at least on one occasion. It was not Allama Iqbal who persuaded Jinnah in 1933 to return to the sub-continent and lead the Muslims. Instead, the fact is that Mr. Abdur Rahim Dard (the resident missionary of Ahmadiyya Community) in London was responsible for convincing Mr. Jinnah to return to his land of birth and fight for the cause of his brethren Muslims. It was Mr. Dard's eloquent persuasion that led Mr. Jinnah to accept his logic of leading/guiding the hapless Muslim masses of south Asia. It seems that Mr. Jamil Dehlevi could not muster the courage to film this fact as it would had annoyed the Pakistani countrymen beyond any reasonable rationale. THE TRUTH WILL LIVE FOREVER. NO AMOUNT OR REASON AS EXCUSE FOR THE DISTORTION OF HISTORY CAN BE JUSTIFIED.
It may be the best acting performance of Christopher Lee, quite in contrast with his earlier dreadful image of Count Dracula and mostly negative roles as villain like in the Bond movie "The Man with The Golden Gun" .... but, he was, indeed too bulky to portray an aged and skinny Jinnah, as in reality.
All said, the movie is respectably poised to exalt the saintly image of an honest and principled leader of the Muslims of the South Asian subcontinent.