DesiPundit

Sandhya is impressed by Pakistani director Mehreen Jabar’s debut film, Ramchand Pakistani . The movie is based on a series of newspaper articles about a father and son who were kept in India after an accidental border crossing.

The prison cell is a metaphor for communal relations – in a tiny space, men of different regions and religions are forced to coexist—and, in the process, come to realize what they have in common—a desire for freedom—far outweighs their differences… These characters make for interesting conflicts and challenges to the young Ramchand and shape his development into a young man whose main goal is survival … just like his mother Champa, who is struggling to go on with her life. The movie switches gracefully between the Pakistani village where Champa’s “life must go on” and the Indian prison, showing us the passage of time, the pain, and the helplessness that this small family must confront.