Freedom came to the Indian
subcontinent in August 1947, when British India was hastily partitioned and Independence
was attended by a bloodbath between Hindus and Muslims. The British had divided
the Indian subcontinent into India, Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
as well as redefining the border of Nepal. Those geographical and political
frontiers remain and the divisions the British created are deeply ingrained in
the psyche of the subcontinent.
Today that tragic legacy
is slowly being eroded through another British legacy, the Railways. Each film
will begin in India and journey across a border by train. Through the lives of
the characters whose stories are entwined with the Railways, we see the
subcontinent as it has never been seen before.
Indian
Frontier Railways received 2 awards at the Royal Television Society.
Tarun Bhartiya was awarded Best Director Award for The Last Train in Nepal