‘Ramchand Pakistani’: Borders on sensitivity
-By Swetha Amit http://content.msn.co.in/MSNContribute/Story.aspx?PageID=c517cd50-9090-4f32-8080-aa977e76beb7 Sometimes an innocent stray can cause one to pay a heavy price leaving them stranded on crossroads between life and death. Often we are told about not crossing our limits in several instances. Yet many do either deliberately or unknowingly not realizing at what cost the consequences come hurling at us like furious paced winds of a sandstorm. Little did the lad realize that his sulky stance of strolling far from home would result him and his father being imprisoned for six years. Were they used as mere pawns for the occurrence of terror at the warring borders? Or was it the case of their ‘untouchable’ selves that led to their shabby treatment? Ramchand Pakistani is a film that narrates a story of one such Dalit family and the subtle appalling conditions that they are faced with. Amidst the terrains on the border in Pakistan resides the 7 year old Ramchand (Syed Fazal Hussain) w...