"Jinnah" The Movie - Pakistan premiere report

[Juan Aneiros]

A video clip is available at multimedia/interviews.

I do not know anyone that can provide me with a translation of the clip. In anyone can help, please e-mail me.

[Juan Aneiros]

It's ok, we have found someone to translate.

[Juan Aneiros]

Part of the translation is here. We will be looking at a second one and comparing notes before publishing the final one.

When we come back from Spain, I'll try to obtain the rights to broadcast the film live on the Internet.


Translation:

Film is released at Cinemas around the whole country
Watchers varied ie. all types of people watched this film.
The audience looked like they enjoyed it.


1st Man Interviewed
This film is very good
Whatever good is said about this film is not enough.
All Pakistan should watch this film and all Pakistanis.

2nd Man Interviewed
Independence is attained with emotion and courage.
For the youth this film is an example.
We can all learn so much from it.
Pakistan is the greatest!

Newscaster
Qaide Azam's life is an example for the masses.

.. I didn't quite understand this bit.

Some people were trying to say that Liaquat-Ali Khan's character was
not shown in the same light as it is written in history.

3rd Man Interviewed
Jinnah film has been made very well, and I think that everyone should
watch it. Pakistan has really been complimented in this film.
But there is one mistake in the film, that Liaquat Ali Khan's Character
was not shown enough, (only 3 scenes), and when they showed Mister
Jinnah, Munshi was shown more.

Country wide, before releasing the film, Liaquat Ali Khan's sons tried
to stop the release in the high courts against the film distributors.

But after a review their attempts were foiled.

4th Man Interviewed. (Akbar, Liaquat Ali, Son)
The script that I saw in March 1997, my father was not portrayed,
(didn't really understand this too well).

Newscaster
The writers have not concentrated and researched the history properly,
as some things have been shown inaccurately and in the wrong context,
compared to historical recordings.

5th Man Interviewed (Ashraf, Liaquat Ali, Son)
There is one scene where Mister Jinnah is playing Billiards at the
Gymkhana and Liaquat Ali Khan arrives
and tells him there are some important issues/problems that I need to
discuss with you.
There were various letters found between Mount Batten and Nehru at the
time, and we should use these against Congress.
But Mister Jinnah said this is not a good thing, we are not that type
of people. This type of thing should not be done.

Two things here:
Firstly, this scene is completely wrong as no letters were ever
prestented. This is hearsay.

The way the conversation was shown, was like two good friends having a
chat. We object to this.


Newscaster
On the film premier, the Story writer has stated, that complete
preparation, (research) was completed before filming.

The real reason for the story was to show Mohd Ali Jinnah's role, while
using Independence to the world.

6th Man Interviewed, (Akbar S. Ahmed - Scriptwriter)
The world may see what type of man he was, how he believed in
democracy, rights for minorities, his belief in the constitution, how
he was prepared to fight for, and to show that we also have these types
of leaders within the Muslim world.

Newscaster
One big objection was that it is not appropriate to cast Christopher
Lee in Mohd Ali Jinnah's role. But after watching the film, people
began to realize that Lee's face resembled Jinnah's very closely.

The light that Quaid has been shown in this film, he is a shining
example for us, not just now but also for the future.

This has been understood by the watchers of this film.


7th Man Interviewed
This film should be shown for as long as possible, and the people
should make this a success.

8th Man Interviewed, (jameel Denelw - Director)
People have come up to me and said, that we are proud to be a
Pakistani, which is the biggest compliment that people could give to me
as a film maker.

End