Ramchand Pakistani

Ramchand Pakistani
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMehreen Jabbar[1]
Written byJaved Jabbar
Screenplay byMohammad Ahmed
Produced byJaved Jabbar[1]
StarringRashid Farooqui
Nandita Das
Syed Fazal Hussain
Maria Wasti
Nouman Ijaz
Hassan Niazi
Adnan Shah
Shahood Alvi
Zhalay Sarhadi
Saleem Mairaj
Saife Hassan
Sajid Shah
CinematographySofian Khan
Edited byAseem Sinha
Music byDebojyoti Mishra
Moringo Nusrat Nigam Banerjee
Sarthak Sarkar
Shiraj Hussain
Production
company
Distributed byGeo Films
Museum of Modern Art
Release date
  • 2 October 2008 (2008-10-02) (Pakistan)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu
BudgetRs. 6.0 crore (US$210,000) [1]

Ramchand Pakistani (Urdu: 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]

  1. ^ a b c "Pakistani movie to play in India". Dawn (newspaper). 19 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ Stephen Holden (2014). "Ramchand-Pakistani - Directed by Mehreen Jabbar". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Ramchand Pakistani Movie Review". The Times of India. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Kolkata release of Pak film in limbo".
  5. ^ Ramchand Pakistani (2008 film), film review on Rotten Tomatoes website Retrieved 5 June 2019
  6. ^ Ramchand Pakistani (2008) on IMDb website Retrieved 5 June 2019