Synopsis
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 Pakistan-India border near Nagarparkar, in Tharparkar. The film depicts the crossing of the Pakistan-India 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 singular theme of the film is how a child from Pakistan aged eight years learns to cope with the trauma of forced separation from his mother while being held prisoner, along with his father in the jail of a country (India), which is hostile to his own (Pakistan). Meanwhile, the wife-mother, devastated by their sudden disappearance builds a new chapter of her life, by her solitary struggle for sheer survival.
Starring:
Nandita Das, Syed Fazal Hussain, Navaid Jabbar, more..
Director:
Mehreen Jabbar
Language:
Urdu
Genre:
Drama
Release Date:
Thu. Oct, 02 2008
Cast Overview
Nandita Das
Champa
Syed Fazal Hussain
Younger Ramchand
Navaid Jabbar
Older Ramchand
Rashid Farooqui
Shankar
Maria Wasti
Kamla
Crew Overview
Mohammad Ahmad
screenplay
Javed Jabbar
writer
Javed Jabbar
producer
Mariam Mukaty
associate producer
Debajyoti Mishra
Musician