PARTITION by Vic Sarin
PARTITION
Two Faiths. Two Worlds. One Love.
Opens at Fifth Avenue Cinema February 2nd, 2007
The cast includes Jimi Mistry (”Blood Diamond”, “Touch of Pink”), Kirsten Kreuk (”Smallville”) and Neve Campbell.
Urban Mixer had the opportunity to check Partition out at the Ridge Theatre for a very special advance screening on Tuesday, January 17th where members of the media were invited.
In attendance was Vic Sarin, the filmmaker, who gave a nice speech prior to the commencement of the movie:
Fred Lee (Vancouver Courier, CBC) and Alison Walker (formerly Metro News) handled putting the press people in their seats,
.. we were lucky enough to catch a seat beside Sudha Krishna, Ziya Tong and friends.
Here’s more information on the film, which opens February 2nd, 2007.
First Weekend Club is proud to promote PARTITION, a beautiful film by local filmmaker Vic Sarin. In an interview with the director, we have learned that PARTITION is a personal story for Vic Sarin, one that he has wanted to bring to life for many years.The Partition was a major event in history yet very few people know about it,says Vic Sarin. But his interest in the telling of this story is not in the political realm of the time, but more importantly he set out to tell a story that touches us all on the most human level a story about love and belonging. Our world provides so many man made divisions and barriers,he says. Religious, political, physical, economical, its endless. What matters is how our lives have touched others, and that the footsteps we leave behind are worth celebrating. This is what Partition is about.”
Vic Sarin’s PARTITION is an epic love story played out against a backdrop of political and religious upheaval. At the end of the Second World War, 38 year-old soldier Gian Singh resigns his commission with the British Indian Army and returns to his childhood village, near the border with Pakistan. Haunted by the memories of war, he seeks a quiet life of farming, solitude and prayer. His peace is shattered however, when India is granted independence. A new border is drawn between Hindu- dominated India and Muslim-dominated Pakistan, and the region is torn apart by massacres fueled by ancient animosities. In the midst of one such massacre, Gian finds Naseem, a 17-year-old Muslim girl, and takes her under his protection. They gradually find themselves drawn to each other but, as their remarkable story plays out, the obstacles to their happiness prove all but insurmountable.
PARTITION is distributed by Seville.
View the official trailer at: www.partitionthemovie.ca
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I was wondering why didn’t you write a review of the movie.
I know food, I know wine, I know events. But that’s about it. Movies, that’s another story.
Partition opens across Canada today. Here’s the theatres you can find it at:
Ontario:
Metropolitan Toronto:
Toronto:
* Canada Square 8 (Toronto, ON)
* Grande 10 @ Sheppard Centre (Toronto, ON)
* Varsity 12 (Toronto, ON)
* Woodbine (Toronto, ON)
Brampton:
* Silvercity 16 Brampton (Brampton, ON)
Etobicoke:
* Queensway 18 (Etobicoke, ON)
Mississauga:
* Silver City Mississauga (Mississauga,ON)
* Square One Mississauga (Mississauga, ON)
Scarborough:
* Kennedy Commons 20 (Scarborough, ON)
* Eglinton Town Center 16 (Scarborough, ON)
Whitby:
* Whitby 24 (Whitby, ON)
Woodbridge:
* Colossus 18 Woodbridge (Woodbridge, ON)
Ottawa:
* Bytowne (Ottawa, ON)
British Columbia:
Vancouver:
* Paramount Vancouver (Vancouver, BC)
* Park & Tilford Cinemas (North Vancouver, BC)
Burnaby:
* Station Square (Burnaby, BC)
Coquitlam:
* SilverCity Coquitlam (Coquitlam, BC)
Langley:
* Colossus Langley 18 (Langley, BC)
Richmond:
* Silvercity Riverport 18 (Richmond, BC)
Surrey:
* Grande Strawberry Hill 12 (Surrey, BC)
Alberta:
* Country Hills (Calgary, AB)
* Eau Claire (Calgary, AB)
* Princess (Edmonton, AB)
Manitoba:
* Grant Park (Winnipeg, MB)
Nova Scotia:
* Empire Bayer’s Lake (Halifax, NS)
Quebec:
* AMC Forum (Montreal, Que.)
* Côte-des-neiges (Montreal, Que.)
* Quartier Latin (Montreal, Que.)
I’m a Sikh from Punjab. The story of the movie Partition is a copy of original story “BUTA SINGH”. The storyline of “Partition” is misdirected. The photography, music and distorted story of “Buta Singh” is also of C grade. Overall, the director and script writer has just done a great injustice to the beautiful story. In a nutshell this movie is not worth watching and Vic has tried to cash in on the anti Muslim sentiment of the West.
I have a great respect for VIC SARIN and his work in the movie bussiness. This man and his family are highly cultured with highest level of moral ethics and compassion for humanity. What I know of him, He is a great man. Last comment by Sarabjit Mann of February 10, 2007 shows a useless comment and throwing mud on a spotless character. Before making such a low class comment like “cash in” Mr.Sarabjit should have spent some time to view Vic’s past work and quality. Yes there are many movies show similar themes but each and every one has its own speciality and message for the viewer. Please give him the credit He deserves for his hard work. In my view “Partition” is well worth watching and I am proud of his work and detication. Keep up the good work Vic, We love you. Kuldeep Ohri-Canada(AB)
Partition is a great story and well woth watching.
What a wonderful story. It touched my heart and soul. Thumbs up performance. Story shows pain, sacrefice and one’s belief in love and do the right thing. This shows Vic’s hard work and dedication to what he believes in. I hope you have more stories to share with the world. All actors chosen were excellent and genuine. Keep up the good work Vic.
Man, the whole Ohri posse just invaded my blog.
The fauna screamed Vancouver! Never seen a redwood tree or any of those plants in India or punjabi…very sorry to break it to Vic Sarin. Two extras looked directly into the camera in the market scene and smiled. Complete and total overuse to the point of dilution of the Mustard field scenes–okay it’s beautiful I get it, Vic. I get it. Highly doubt an intelligent/wise protagonist would run across a border with his son. So wait…lets get this straight…the protagonist a devout Sikh who prays to his pictures every single night and reads from his bible converts to Islam without a second thought for love, then runs across a heavily armed border with his son, making him the most selfish and stupid man alive, only to talk very politely to the man who is holding his wife hostage…and leaves the scene with hardly a fight or another word. Serious character flaws and inconsistencies. So hey…if you like to see mustard fields ad-infinitum, you like actors looking directly at the camera, and you respect characters that are the village wise man and idiot all in the same breath…go see Partition.
well i have read all the comments about the movies ,its true there have been movies made on the same theme ,first one was of gurdas mann i dont remember the name of the film,second was (gadar) sunny deol,all had the same theme ,but each movie had a different point of view from the director . I think Mr Vic has done justice to the film,actors have acted well in the movie .i think we should give him a credit for making such a movie without any bolloywood masalas and delivering the message.
but i would recommend people to watch other 2 movies also ,each has there own falvour.
Hello,
I suppose my comment that “Director tried to cash upon anti muslim sentiment is not right” I apologies for it but I still believe the movie is a c grade and director has done great injustice to the great story. I’m not arguing that he is not good director.
Thanks,
Sarabjit Mann
I been watch for twins time of this movie. I cried a lot. my heartbreaking.Its touch my soul. this is realy ture of love.It is Grest and wonderfil movie. deserve to get Award. this movie is show very bueatiful thing. poeples should to watch.I would love to know more about real story of this muslim girl with this Sikhe indain man.I would love to see real picture of them and thier ’son. I give this movie to be Number movie.Godbless
I just watched the movie from a cable network here in the Philippines. I loved the movie and it moved me with regards to the situation of innocent people as victims of religious intolerance. The director recreated history in his movie. The message is clear that peace can be attain with love. I recommend it to young people, who are not much acquainted with history. We could learn and extract lessons from this movie. It is really address to ouer generation that mistakes from the past shall not be repeated and that hope will prevail just like the hope of bright for the cute child in the film. Honestly, I also find the child cute and endearing. he acted very well for his age.
I hope there will be more movies with content like this. Congratulations to the director and his staff for a very beautiful and excellent film.