Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah| the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation from the Muslim regime| infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah| which upsets Nehru. However| Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916| which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.