Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Understanding Partition

Question:

Which one of the following movie is NOT associated with the Partition of India, 1947?

Options:

Garam Hawa

Junoon

Meghe Dhaka Tara

Tamas

Correct Answer:

Junoon

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Junoon

Option 1- Garam Hawa
Option 2- Junoon (not associated with the Partition of India, 1947)
Option 3- Meghe Dhaka Tara
Option 4- Tamas

Partition literature and films exist in many languages, notably in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali, Assamese and English. You may want to read writers such as Manto, Rajinder Singh Bedi (Urdu), Intizar Husain (Urdu), Bhisham Sahni (Hindi), Kamaleshwar (Hindi), Rahi Masoom Raza (Hindi), Narain Bharati (Sindhi), Sant Singh Sikhon (Punjabi), Narendranath Mitra (Bengali), Syed Waliullah (Bengali), Lalithambika Antharjanam (Malayalam), Amitav Ghosh (English) and Bapsi Sidhwa (English). Amrita Pritam, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Dinesh Das have written memorable poems on Partition in Punjabi, Urdu and Bengali respectively. You may also want to see films directed by Ritwik Ghatak (Meghe Dhaka Tara and Subarnarekha), M.S. Sathyu (Garam Hawa), Govind Nihalani (Tamas), and a play, Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya O Jamya-e-nai (He Who Has Not Seen Lahore, Has Not Been Born) directed by Habib Tanvir.