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<\/A>Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Jesus, a sex guru, a ballet dancer and Superman’s girlfriend walk into a casting call…<\/P>\nIndian-Canadian director Vic Sarin is putting together an indie film called Partition <\/EM>(thanks, sd). The Sepia Films (wha?) script seems more than ‘inspired’ by the Bollywood megahit Gadar<\/A><\/EM>. Both films show a Sikh villager rescuing<\/A> a Muslim girl during Partition and guiding her safely into Pakistan:<\/P>\n Kreuk will play the 17-year-old Muslim love interest, Naseem. Her parents are Chinese and Dutch, but I suppose it’s walking distance<\/A> from Smallville to the Punjabi pind<\/A>.<\/P>\n That’s right, she told TV Guide… <\/EM>that she’s excited… about… Partition.<\/EM> Isn’t that kind of like telling Soap Opera Digest <\/EM>that you’re excited about the Holocaust? I doubt those in my family who survived it were in their happy-happy-fun-fun place at the time. Here’s an idea: how about Kal Penn the henchman<\/A> shooting death rays from his eyes at Superman’s girlfriend. Now that’s <\/EM>exciting.<\/P>\n\n Sarin previously directed a TV movie called Left Behind<\/EM> about the events after the Rapture, when all good Christians are suddenly called to heaven, leaving brides at the altar and planes in midair. With that pedigree, I’m surprised he couldn’t get Mel Gibson and Willem Dafoe.<\/P>\n Let’s you and I make a movie about the American Revolution. We’ll use only desi actors (Anupam Kher<\/A> in a wig would make a japing George Washington) and tell people, ‘Sorry, yaar, it’s what the market demands.’<\/P>\n Apul<\/A> is annoyed that hello-my-future-girlfriend<\/A> Preity Zinta<\/A> isn’t the love interest like in Gadar,<\/EM> but he allows that Kreuk is ‘a cutie-patootie.’<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Jesus, a sex guru, a ballet dancer and Superman’s girlfriend walk into a casting call… Indian-Canadian director Vic Sarin is putting together an indie film called Partition (thanks, sd). The Sepia Films (wha?) script seems … Continue reading Partition<\/EM> is a sweeping, historical drama set against the partition of India and based on the real life experiences of director Vic Sarin’s family. Partition tells the story of a former British army Sikh officer, Gian Singh, who rescues a young Muslim girl, falls in love with her and must travel to Pakistan to save her… Production on the film will begin next April in South Africa, India and United Kingdom…<\/BLOCKQUOTE>\n
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<\/A>The film features Jimi Mistry<\/A> (East Is East, The Guru),<\/EM> Jim Caviezel<\/A> (The Passion of the Christ),<\/EM> Neve Campbell<\/A> (The Company)<\/EM> and Kristin Kreuk<\/A> (Smallville). <\/EM>Mistry will take the lead, and Campbell will play his British friend, fitting neatly into the Candice Bergen<\/A> role in Gandhi.<\/EM> She even has a similar jawline.<\/P>\n“I’m so excited about Partition,<\/EM>” KK told TV Guide<\/EM>…<\/BLOCKQUOTE>\n