Short film 'Ghosts of the Past' revisits a friendship lost to partition

SOC series 'HOME1947' continues to embark upon the irrecoverable

LAHORE: After Beila, the first episode of web series Home1947, SOC films released its second episode titled Ghosts of the Past. The series is a personal exploration of the lives and stories of millions that were displaced in 1947 during the creation of two new independent states, India and Pakistan, stated a press release.

The second short film, thus, explores the story of an elderly woman, Anver Jehan, who lost her best friend during the separation.

The film shows Anver narrating how she spends most of her time by the window, reading books and reminiscing the moments she spent with her one and only friend. Anver passed on in December last year.



HOME1947 is a series of 7 short films conceptualized and produced by SOC Films, which aim to recreate the long-lost sights and sounds of what millions once called home. The series aims to explore this world through the eyes of those who lived through it –  and not the conceived notions of a historian or politicians.

The series' first short film Beila was directed by Laal Kabootar's director, Kamal Khan. It explored the journey of a mother lulling her baby to sleep on a crowded train amidst the chaos of 1947. It marked the uncertainty by creating a fear of the unknown, along with establishing the fear of what has been experienced through her memories.

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