| Ramchand Pakistani | |
| Director: | Mehreen Jabbar |
| Producer: | Javed Jabbar |
| Screenplay: | Mohammad Ahmed |
| Starring: | Rashid Farooqui Nandita Das Syed Fazal Hussain Maria Wasti Nouman Ijaz Hassan Niazi Adnan Shah Shahood Alvi Zhalay Sarhadi Saleem Mairaj Saife Hassan Sajid Shah |
| Music: | Debojyoti Mishra Moringo Nusrat Nigam Banerjee Sarthak Sarkar Shiraj Hussain |
| Cinematography: | Sofian Khan |
| Editing: | Aseem Sinha |
| Studio: | Percept Picture Company |
| Distributor: | Geo Films Museum of Modern Art |
| Runtime: | 103 minutes |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Language: | Urdu |
| Budget: | [1] |
Ramchand Pakistani (Urdu: {{nq|رام چند پاکستانی) is a 2008 Urdu-language Pakistani drama film directed by Mehreen Jabbar and produced by Javed Jabbar.[2]
The film features Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqi, Syed Fazel Hussain, Maria Wasti and Noman Ijaz in lead roles. The film is based on a true story of a boy who inadvertently crosses the border between Pakistan and India and the following ordeal that his family has to go through.[3] Ramchand Pakistani was also released in India.[4] [5] [6]
Champa (Nandita Das) is a Hindu woman who is left desolate when her young son and husband disappear one day from their village at the India-Pakistan border near Nagarparkar, in the Tharparkar district of the Sindh province. The film depicts the crossing of the India-Pakistan border, during a period (June 2002) of war-like tension between the two countries, by two members of a Pakistani Hindu family belonging to the 'untouchable' dalit caste, and the extraordinary consequences of this unintended action upon the lives of a woman, a man, and their son.
The film is about a Hindu Dalit family living in Pakistan peacefully. Ramchand, the main protagonist who is 8 years old, is the son of Shankar and Champa. One day, after an altercation with his mother, Ramchand runs away in anger and, accidentally, crosses the Indo-Pakistan border into India. His father follows him and, he too, crosses the border into India.
After being arrested by the border security personnel, they are sent to a prison in India and stay there for a long time. They get a release order soon, but later it turns out to be a mistake and they are sent back to the jail. Ramchand, the 8 years old boy, and his father Shankar are unregistered prisoners during much of their stay in India.[2] Meanwhile, Ramchand’s mother, Champa, leads a life of loneliness and although she takes a temporary job in a faraway place, she returns to her village.
Finally, after 5 years,[2] when Ramchand has grown a few years, he gets released. He returns home to his mother. His father, Shankar, also gets released soon after. They are united and there, the film ends.
This film had six screenings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 2010.[2]
The soundtrack is composed by Debojyoti Mishra[2] and include the following songs:
| Track | Song | Singers | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Teri Meri Preet | 5:34 | ||
| 02 | Allah Megh De | 4:41 | ||
| 03 | Phir Wahi Raste | 5:52 | ||
| 04 | Khari Neem Key Neechay | 5:24 | ||
| 05 | Tarrin Paunda | 6:09 | ||
| 06 | Meri Maat | 4:19 | ||
This film won the following awards:
| Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th Lux Style Awards | Best Film | Javed Jabbar | [8] | |
| Best Film Actor | Rashid Farooqui | |||
| Syed Fazal Hussain | ||||
| Best Film Actress | Nandita Das | |||
| Maria Wasti |