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	Islam and Freedom of Thought - By Akbar Ahmed and Lawrence Rosen
		Jinnah so respected women's rights that he insisted that his sister, Fatima Jinnah, be with him publicly in his struggle for the creation of Pakistan in 1947.
		To portray the real Jinnah, Akbar Ahmed, one of the authors of this essay, along with several friends and colleagues, spent the 1990s on several related projects, which came to be called the Jinnah Quartet.
		And Jinnah deeply loved his wife, Ruttie, who was a non-Muslim (and half his age), and his only child, Dina, who, as a young woman, refused to marry a Muslim.
	www.islamfortoday.com /akbar04.htm (2115 words)

	Cybernoon.com
		Adman Alyque Padamsee who played the role of Jinnah in the film Gandhi opined, "I think like the Kennedy Library in Washington, Jinnah House should be turned into a Jinnah Library where students can study the past, so that they avoid making mistakes in the future."
		Jinnah's only surviving daughter Dina Wadia has asked the Indian government to hand over possession of the house, a house where she was born.
		Jinnah House, the city's best-known private address is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons.
	www.cybernoon.com /DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=May2005_inbombay_standard6741 (544 words)

	Jinnah (1998)
		Christopher Lee's excellent performance goes a long way towards making Jinnah a sympathetic character despite the controversial decisions he takes; I would say that this is some of his finest acting and I found the final scenes very moving indeed.
		While I can't comment on the absolute historical accuracy, this film certainly taught me a lot more about the founding of Pakistan and explained many things I had wondered about in the conflict.
		The flashback technique works well most of the time, although it's not always clear where some scenes are set (England, India, Pakistan or the imagination).
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0183306 (302 words)

	THE PICTURE GALLERY OF JINNAH......
		The Quaid and Fatima Jinnah at preview of a documentary film "In Our Midst" at a cinema house in Karachi(1948)
		Quaid-i-Azam and Fatima Jinnah at a diplomatic reception at Karachi
		The Quaid-i-Azam and Fatima Jinnah, Karachi, 14 August, 1947
	www.quaid.gov.pk /gneral_pic.htm (256 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Jinnah was a villain says historian Rafiq Zakaria
		We learn that the official will shortly be transferred, for "equating Mohammad Ali Jinnah with the national leaders" in the official audio-visual film to be shown on August 9.
		Underlining his argument, Zakaria pointed out that while Jinnah was a member of the Congress from 1906 to 1920, he quit the party when, in 1920, Gandhi organised the first countrywide mass movement against the British and, in the process, brought Hindus and Muslims together on a common platform.
		While damning Jinnah, Zakaria argues that the real patriots among the Muslims were Maulana Mohammad Ali, Maulana Azad, Dr M A Ansari, Hakkim Ajmal Khan, Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew, Maulana Madni and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan -- all products of the Khilafat movement and remained with the Congress until the last, suffering tribulations.
	www.rediff.com /news/aug/05jin.htm (513 words)

	Untitled Document
		We know a great deal about the first three, but Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, has mostly either been ignored or, in the case of Richard Attenborough's hugely successful film about Gandhi, portrayed as a cold megalomaniac, bent on the bloody partition of India.
		Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity virtually explodes with provocative ideas and new ways of looking at partition, at Jinnah, and at South Asia as a whole.
		Four men shaped the end of British rule in India: Nehru, Gandhi, Mountbatten and Jinnah.
	academic3.american.edu /~akbar/jinnah.htm (513 words)

	Film Review: Jinnah
		And it is a long and bloody struggle, with Jinnah demanding of an English officer, "Are we just cannon fodder?" and claiming of the internecine carnage visited on hundreds of thousands of his compatriots in the name of independence: "I died a million deaths myself."
		Extensive research using such primary sources as Lord and Lady Mountbatten's diaries and interviews with Jinnah's private secretary and his daughter affords the political discourse a sense of authority and authenticity.
		Still, the spectral interventions notwithstanding, "Jinnah" reads at times like unstirring stretches of history-book speechifying - but watching it is a palatable way to learn about the people behind the birth of a nation.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/j/jinnah_1998.shtml (357 words)

	Mohammed Ali Jinnah 1948 Amateur Film
		Jinnah died in September 1948 and this is the last known surviving film of him.
		Jinnah arrives in the company of his siter Fatima Jinnah, descends some steps, and walks through the garden and past fountain.
	www.harappa.com /film/s9.html (357 words)

	Jinnah (1998)
		Perhaps the worst thing about this film is the retrospective approach with the dead Jinnah and his sidekick time-travelling backwards to pop up in a Congress meeting in the 1930s!
		Leaden script meets wooden acting in the context of a skimpy screenplay that fails totally to comprehend the momentous events that it allegedly portrays.
		The opening scene in which this approach is set up is truly gross.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0183306 (208 words)

	Freedom movement film to open three-day festival- The Times of India
		PUNE: A rare, 30-minute film featuring Indira Gandhi as a little child, Motilal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel and Mohammad Ali Jinnah will be the high point of a unique film festival scheduled for next week.
		The film will be the opening exhibit at the film festival on the 'film noir' genre, to be organised by the Indira institute of communication (IIC) at the NFAI from February 23 to 26.
		Titled India's Struggle For National Shipping, the film was made for the Scindia steam navigation company by Paul Zils, a German film-maker who pioneered the documentary movement in India, in 1946, said K. Sasidharan, director of the National film archive of India (NFAI) here.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1024461.cms (208 words)

	Main
		So the script and the main character of Jinnah, in addition to the basic technique with which the whole film making process is conceived and carried upon would be the decisive factor for success of this film in the international film market.
		At last, "the federal government has decided to revise the script of Jinnah, a film being made on the life of Mohammad Ali Jinnah", said Mushahid Hussain, the Prime Minister's Advisor on Information and Media Development.
		Yasar Arafat, Nelson Mandela and Saddam Hussain is concerned, it is, according to him, an extremely meaningless thing" and could, of course, be considered as a propaganda gimmick by the writer and director of the film, because, firstly, meeting of Quaid with these leaders in the script is controversial.
	www.syberwurx.com /jrc/publications/p-7.html (1510 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Transcript of the Akbar Ahmed Chat
		Professor Akbar S Ahmed was eloquent and lucid discussing his controversial film on Mohammad Ali Jinnah with a worldwide audience that included in the Rediff On The NeT office, Alyque Padamsee who played Jinnah in Richard Attenborough's film, Gandhi.
		Dr Ahmed, was not Jinnah responsible for sowing the seeds of Bangladesh.
		Dr Ahmed, it was nice of Jinnah to want to create a tolerant state, but as we have seen, intolerance and particularism have a snowballing effect.
	www.rediff.com /chat/akbrchat.htm (5963 words)

	Pakistan Link - Letter & Opinion
		Khalid Hasan’s “Jinnah on Trial” in Pakistan Link in the November 3 issue is a review of the film Jinnah, the film we have all been waiting for many, many years.
		Khalid Hasan who was present at the “Jinnah” showing comments: “It was also after a long time that one was present on an occasion where Pakistan’s name was not taken in the same breath as terrorism, fundamentalism and drug trafficking.
		If one should be grateful for small mercies then here was one occasion when one could do so”.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Letters/2000/Dec/01/01.html (5963 words)

	BBC - Wiltshire - Films - Interview with Christopher Lee
		Legendary actor Christopher Lee recently spoke to BBC Wiltshire about his role in Jinnah which has recently been released on DVD.
		The 1998 movie Jinnah starring Christopher Lee has recently been released on DVD in the UK.
		This vast historical epic follows the life of Mohammed Ali Jinnah (Christopher Lee), the hugely important but often-misrepresented world leader.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/entertainment/films_and_tv/christopherlee.shtml (261 words)

	Bite the Mango Film Festival 04
		Veteran English actor Christopher Lee gives a towering performance as Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the father of modern Pakistan, in this powerful representation of his life and times.
		Told largely in flashback as the aged Jinnah reflects on his life and achievements, Jinnah tells the dramatic story of the partition of India and the intrigue and arguments between Viceroy Lord Mountbatten, Jinnah, Gandhi, Nehru and the mercurial Lady Mountbatten.
		A film as acclaimed as it has been controversial.
	www.bitethemango.org.uk /2004/filmdetail.asp?ida=787 (155 words)

	TheOneRing.net™ Movies Cast Christopher Lee as Saruman
		Christopher Lee continues to demonstrate his extraordinary versatility in the film roles that rane from his inter-galactic apppearance as Count Dooku /Darth Tyranus in Star Wars: Episode II to his portrayal of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan, in the 1998 film Jinnah.
		In playing both Frankenstein's 'Creature' and Dracula, Lee became the successor to 30s movie leends Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
		Among Lee's 'rogues gallery' are the Marquis St Evremonde in A Tale of TWo Cities and Rochefort in the 70s production of The Three (and Four) Musketeers.
	www.theonering.net /movie/cast/lee.html (449 words)

	TheOneRing.net™ Movies Cast Christopher Lee as Saruman
		Christopher Lee continues to demonstrate his extraordinary versatility in the film roles that rane from his inter-galactic apppearance as Count Dooku /Darth Tyranus in Star Wars: Episode II to his portrayal of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan, in the 1998 film Jinnah.
		Saruman is, very definetly, the most brilliant, the most powerful, with the greatest intellect and the greatest knowledge.
		But Saruman's whole character becomes perverted and distorted and he lusts for power and gradually, as it very often does, the old famous quote 'power corrupts and absoloute power corrupts absoloutely'." -
	www.theonering.net /movie/cast/lee.html (449 words)

	Film/Classic: Gandhi
		The film has been criticized in some quarters for minimizing the important role played by Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who would become the "father" of Pakistan, but Jenna is portrayed by Alyque Padamsee as a man of intelligence and dignity.
		The legacy of Gandhi, on the other hand, remains one of the most powerful forces for peace in the world, and this film is a superb tribute to it.
		The film opens with beautiful scenes of the Indian countryside and the funeral scene of Gandhi is shown with hundreds of thousands Indians, estimated in one report at 300,000, and was shot on an anniversary of his assassination by a Hindu who felt Gandhi was giving away too much to the Muslims.
	www.thecityreview.com /gandhi.html (449 words)

	Articles on Islam by Professor Akbar S. Ahmad
		His works include the script of the film Jinnah, Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin (Routledge, 1997) and Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World (I.B. Tauris, 1999).
		Professor Akbar S. Ahmed is Ibn Khaldun Chair and Professor of Islamic Studies, at the School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C. A former Pakistani ambassador to London and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, he is an authority on Jinnah.
		Professor Akbar S. Ahmed, former Pakistani ambassador to London, says that the rise of Muslim fundamentalism means that Islamic leaders face a choice between moderation or militancy.
	www.islamfortoday.com /akbar.htm (218 words)

	Rediff On The NeT, Movies: What's on in Bollywood
		The film has an exclusive -- the first-ever, we think -- interview with Dina Wadia, Jinnah's only child and textile tycoon Nusli Wadia's ma.
		Dina, who lives in New York, we hear, blasted successive Congress governments for not giving Jinnah his due.
		The Pakistanis fell upon it savagely; the Indians didn't mind that it showed the maker of Pakistan in some ambiguous light.
	inhome.rediff.com /movies/1998/feb/04sh.htm (218 words)

	'The guy Preity Zinta is dating' : Still 2
		His grandmother Dina Wadia, was the only child of Jinnah.
		Also not many might know but Ness Wadia is the great-grandson of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Quaid-e-Azam.
		One would wonder who, as the guy is neither a celebrity nor a popular name among the film circuit?
	www.indiafm.com /feature/05/mar/0203ness/still2.shtml (218 words)

	The Princeton Club of Southern California presents
		Our evening with Professor Ahmed begins with an introduction to and trailer from his film Jinnah (starring Christopher Lee and James Fox and profiling Muhammed Ali Jinnah, who created Pakistan as a Muslim homeland in the midst of the Indian subcontinent’s breakaway from Britain in 1947-48), followed by a talk and a question-and-answer session.
		Professor Ahmed holds a Doctorate in Anthropology from London University and wrote his dissertation on the Pathan tribes of the Northwest province of Pakistan where he once served as a civil servant.
		Professor Ahmed is a Visiting Professor and Stewart Fellow in Humanities at Princeton University in New Jersey.
	alumni.princeton.edu /~paa053/AhmedFlyer.htm (3613 words)

	Concert, Documentary Among Wake Forest Events Celebrating Pakistan's 50th Anniversary
		The documentary will be previewed and Akbar S. Ahmed, who wrote the screenplay for the film, "Jinnah," will lead a discussion.
		He is also a biographer of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who helped lead the movement for India's Muslims to have a separate homeland and is credited as Pakistan's founder.
		Ahmed, a professor at Cambridge University, is an internationally known expert on Islamic society and culture.
	www.wfu.edu /www-data/wfunews/1997/082297p.htm (352 words)

	HAMID'S WWW & OTHER LINKS
		As a momento he treasures a unique photograph as well as memories of instances when he had the honour of speaking to Mohammad Ali Jinnah ESQ.
		He had the honour of being amongst the bright and of smartly turnout officers, who used to lead presentation of guard of honour to the Father of our nation Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
		Film star Lehri and some other celebrities were also present.
	www.webspawner.com /users/chhamid/index.html (352 words)

	Shah 5
		Film shot by the younger Dr. Shah includes the riots on the Lahore Mall that helped bring Ayub Khan down, and footage of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's rise to and first years in power.
		Film was shot by Dr. Riaz Ali Shah through the early 1960's.
		There is informal footage with figures like President Ayub Khan and Fatima Jinnah.
	www.harappa.com /shah/shah058.html (352 words)

	The Princeton Club of Southern California presents
		Our evening with Professor Ahmed begins with an introduction to and trailer from his film Jinnah (starring Christopher Lee and James Fox and profiling Muhammed Ali Jinnah, who created Pakistan as a Muslim homeland in the midst of the Indian subcontinent�s breakaway from Britain in 1947-48), followed by a talk and a question-and-answer session.
		The Princeton Club of Southern California is one of many world-wide regional associations of Princeton University alumni (both undergraduate and graduate) as well as Princeton parents, spouses, and friends.
		Join Princeton University�s visiting Professor Akbar S. Ahmed as he explains the intricacies of the Muslim world in his talk Challenging Hollywood: The Images of Islam in the Media.
	alumni.princeton.edu /~paa053/AhmedFlyer.htm (352 words)

	Amazon.com: DVD: Gandhi (1982)
		I am not sure why this is, but the truth is that this is very much an Indian film, with all the important roles played by Indian actors, and yet there is not ONE mention of ANY of their names on the DVD packaging.
		In truth, Jinnah was a brilliant man with great intellect, iron-will, eloquence and perseverance; a man with total integrity as quoted in a contemporary Time magazine.
		Notwithstanding his having been a great man, Gandhi is not necessarily an example for our times.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CXA4?v=glance (352 words)

	Gandhi (1982)
		Uncinematic asides such as Gandhi's notorious fasts or his first brush with injustice are where Gandhi excels; these are the incidents which make the man. As it happens it is in the first half of the film that the character building occurs, with Gandhi discovering that he cannot stand idly by while others suffer.
		Rushed into the presence of Congress Party men Mohammed Ali Jinnah (Alyque Padamsee) and Pandit Nehru (Roshan Seth), he would rather establish his law firm.
		The obvious scenes of Gandhi's funeral and the Amritsar massacre are, of course, covered but it is the moments elsewhere that remain in the memory.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Gandhi.html (352 words)

	India's 58th Independence Day : HindustanTimes.com/UK: News for UK Asians
		Talking of Partition, I have often wondered why the great Indian film industry has tended to fight shy of this arguably the most traumatic and noteworthy event in the history of India, recent or otherwise. Indian filmmakers, by and large and with notable exceptions of course, have either ignored it or trivialised it.
		They rejected out of hand Gandhi's suggestion that, for the sake of keeping India united, they offer the Prime Ministership to Jinnah.
		On the contrary he was in virtual mourning at the partition of his beloved India. "Over my dead body" he had said.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/5983_947930,004300140011.htm (594 words)

	For a Change Magazine: The bright side of Black Monday
		This year, the London premiere of a documentary film about Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, which Swire had produced for television, raised over £18,000.
		Her brother, Hugo Swire, had set up a TV satellite facility in Peshawar 'and was full of stories of the Mujaheddin'.
		Swire emphasizes that, being small and flexible, Learning For Life is able to respond to the needs of communities at a grassroots level.
	www.forachange.co.uk /index.php?stoid=98 (1652 words)

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