this be a extremely well make film . the acting and script and camera work be all first rate . the music be good and too and though it be mostly early in the film and when thing be still relatively cheery . there be no really superstars in the cast and though several face will be familiar . the entire cast do an excellent job with the script . but it be hard to watch and because there be no good end to a situation like the one present . it be now fashionable to blame the british for set hindu and muslim against each other and and then cruelly separate them into two country . there be some merit in this view and but it also true that no one force hindu and muslim in the region to mistreat each other a they do around the time of partition . it seem more likely that the british simply saw the tension between the religion and be clever enough to exploit them to their own end . the result be that there be much cruelty and inhumanity in the situation and this be very unpleasant to remember and to see on the screen . but it be never paint a a black and white case . there be baseness and nobility on both side and and also the hope for change in the young generation . there be redemption of a sort and in the end and when puro have to make a hard choice between a man who have ruin her life and but also truly love her and and her family which have disown her and then later come look for her . but by that point and she have no option that be without great pain for her . this film carry the message that both muslim and hindu have their grave fault and and also that both can be dignify and care people . the reality of partition make that realisation all the more wrenching and since there can never be real reconciliation across the india or pakistan border . in that sense and it be similar to mr and mrs iyer . in the end and we be glad to have see the film and even though the resolution be heartbreaking . if the uk and u could deal with their own history of racism with this kind of frankness and they would certainly be good off .