This is a story of the final days of British rule in India. The movie is pleasant with nice cinematography, but for me it is a 5 out of 10. It's not as though it doesn't try to tell the story, but falls so far short. Think of this movie when you see reviews of movies that try to tell a story in less than 2 hours that need at least 8 hours to tell. Like doing a 1 and a half hour telling of Gone With The Wind (it was cut down from over 7 hours of film footage) or a 1 and a half hour telling of the history of WWII. To make it worse they try to throw an unnecessary love story in there.
At the end of the movie as the credits roll, there is a reference, to the fact that the movie is based on Freedom at Midnight, the classic book by Collins and LaPierre. If you can find this book, it is one of the best non fiction books I have ever read and in detail tells the story of Mountbattan and his wife and daughter's love for India and their people and what they went through with their impossible task. He was one of the most incredible men in the 20th century and you should also read about his entire life.
At the end of the movie as the credits roll, there is a reference, to the fact that the movie is based on Freedom at Midnight, the classic book by Collins and LaPierre. If you can find this book, it is one of the best non fiction books I have ever read and in detail tells the story of Mountbattan and his wife and daughter's love for India and their people and what they went through with their impossible task. He was one of the most incredible men in the 20th century and you should also read about his entire life.