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Partition and its impact on Indian cinema, from Lahore to Bombay

Lahore to Bombay: How Partition Changed Indian Cinema

Before Partition, Indian cinema did not really know what a border was. The film industry moved between Bombay and Lahore, and so did the people who made it. Actors, writers, musicians, directors and technicians could work in both places. There was no separate “Indian” or “Pakistani” cinema yet, because there was no India and Pakistan as we know them today. There was simply a larger cultural space where stories, languages,

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