Gian (Mistry) and Naseem (Kreuk) are a latter-day Romeo and Juliet. With the partition of India and Pakistan sparking bloodshed between Sikhs and Muslims, in the Punjab area, Gian, a soldier, resigns from the Army for a quiet life. En route home, he rescues Naseem, from his countrymen’s sword, and they fall in love. As their love flourishes and eventually finds acceptance in Gian’s village, the search for Naseem’s family goes on. When it proves successful, their delicate world is shattered.

A brief visit to her family in Pakistan becomes a kind of imprisonment for Naseem, as her they remain bitter about their fate at the hands of the Sikhs in Gian’s village and refuse to let her return to India. Gian sets off on a journey across a land whose wounds are still raw, hoping that he can bring home peace and harmony. With its rich tapestry of stories and characters based on real people and events, Partition is a moving and timeless tale of innocent people struggling to find happiness in treacherous times.

Director, Vic Sarin was born in Kashmir, but grew up in Australia before ending up in Canada where he became an award winning cinematographer for his many documentaries & feature films, including Kodak Lifetime Achievement Award for having created “cinemas most moving and memorable images.”

It has been my dream for two decades to make Partition and to share the beauty, complexity and humanity of this part of the world with an international audience, he says. “Though the setting is India, the subject is universal. I chose to tell the story in English in a classic western cinematic style. My subject is humanity – the love between these people.”

I think is important that people know that this event took place. We all know about WWI and WWII, we know about the Holocaust, but Partition (of India) remains largely unknown in the western world. After we left Kashmir and moved to Delhi, I began to hear stories of Partition survivors, some filled with hate and horror, but equally as many that spoke of love, compassion and sacrifice – of people who had the courage to love and speak out in a time of hate. These were the seeds from which the movie grew. “