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A Pakistani fan met Imtiaz Ali at the Pakistan-India border on Sunday when the Indian filmmaker went to Zero Point as part of promotions for his upcoming film on Partition.
Saad Sheikh, an artist based in Lahore, shared an Instagram post detailing the brief meeting and how it came about.
He said he saw Ali’s Instagram reel announcing that he would be at the border along with singer AR Rahman and their team, and his love for the two artists who he said shaped his art, prompted him to make the 20km journey to the Wagah Border.
“I rushed to the border and a friend got me access to zero point. A point where Indians and Pakistanis can meet, talk, greet but cannot touch. As I got there I saw curly white hair, without wasting a second I screamed. Imtiaz! Imtiaz!”
Once he grabbed the filmmaker’s attention, he started a self-described monologue in which he told him how much he loved him. “He kept smiling and saying thank you, thanks so much. I told him how much he’s celebrated on this side of the border, and how his music, cinema, storytelling has shaped a generation of filmmakers. He said he will come one day Inshallah. That day, we shall wait for Inshallah,” Sheikh narrated.
He ended the meeting by telling him “mai vaapis aunga” or I’ll be back, which is also the name of the film Ali was promoting. “That’s when the entire Indian side cheered, smiled and clapped and for a brief second the gates had abolished, the borders were friendly and art had won,” he said.
The Indian filmmaker’s trip to the border is part of movie promotions for Main Vaapas Aaunga, starring Diljeet Dosanjh, Vedang Raina, Sayani Gupta, Naseeruddin Shah and Rajat Kapoor. Ali has written and directed the movie.
The film is being touted as a story of love, longing, and belonging rooted in Partition-era migration that examines memory, nostalgia, and emotional ties to home and loved ones, exploring how the past shapes identity and sustains the human spirit across generations.
Promotions for the movie took the cast, filmmaker and Rahman, who sang the soundtrack, to the border where Rahman performed live.