The Heart Within: Partition 1947
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The Heart Within : Partition 1947 is a film based on the most prominent human displacement in recorded history. It brings out true accounts from survivors such as the legendary Indian athlete, late Milkha Singh, who started from scratch and painful memories and overcame all difficulties to become a national hero.
The Independence of India in 1947 was a landmark and a joyous moment. But there were also cries of chaos and despair underneath the revelry of celebration. Undivided India was being partitioned, and millions were displaced overnight. Partition 1947 navigates the story of those who survived and the harrowing experiences they faced at a young age. Filled with bone-chilling stories of violence and displacement, accurate accounts of horrors and poverty narrated by the partition survivors themselves, The film takes the viewers on an emotional journey uncovering memories from a distant land. These are stories of survival and grit, friendship and love. The events that took place in 1947 changed the destiny of these survivors and tested them in every possible capacity. This film is an ode to the millions who lost their homes.
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