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Gandhi
His triumph changed the world forever.
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
- Original title
- Gandhi
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB,IN
- Budget
- $22,000,000
- Revenue
- $77,737,889
CinemaSerf
Jan 26, 2024 · via TMDB
As career defining roles go, this has to one of the more masterful efforts from Ben Kingsley who manages to engage right from the start with his sprightly, intelligent and considered portrayal of this visionary and independently minded man of peace. Arriving in South Africa, his baptism into a sea of bullishness and racism quickly tests his mettle and soon has him on the radar of a General Smuts (Athol Fugard) government that was as yet unused to any sort of challenge from the non-white elements of society. Unafraid to take a beating, or to challenge the cultural norms without own his own caste-driven society, he is swiftly back in India where, flushed with a degree of success, he allies with Pandit Nehru (Roshan Seth) and becomes even more determined to use the sheer size of the dominated Indian population to rebel against the last vestiges of post war Raj. His strategy of non-cooperation sees him incarcerated and separated from those he loved but, again, his patience and determination made even the most formidable of his foes realise that this man was just a bit different - and that he was on a path to a victory that necessitated a dignified, but definite, retreat. The latter part of the story illustrates well that old adage about the difficulties of winning the peace, made more difficult by intolerances of an all together different nature, before a denouement that history dictated for all. Richard Attenborough told a story of his first meeting with Prime Minister Nehru when he was planning this film, and of how that ten minutes of courtesy ended up considerably longer and more beneficial to the look of this beautifully filmed biopic. Using grand scale cinematography that focusses on the vastness and variety of the country, but also using an intimate and really quite tough to watch style of photography as the brutish behaviour towards the colonised was clearly demonstrated. As to the exact nature of the history, I'm not sure that detail mattered so much as the overall assemblage of some of the great from British stage and screen who seemed, by themselves, to offer an heart-felt apology for what had gone on as the sun did start to set on the Empire. There features also a gently supporting effort from Geraldine James's Mirabehn and Candice Bergen also helps the narrative's chronology along as the photo-journalist never far from Gandhi's side. It's long and can be a little sluggish at times, but the sheer participatory nature of this is reminiscent of the epic cinema of the days when crowds were real, cheap, colourful and enthusiastic - and that all adds to the richness of this classy and stylish production. Big screen experiences don't come much more poignant and this is well worth a watch in a cinema if you can.
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Ben Kingsley
Mahatma Gandhi
Candice Bergen
Margaret Bourke-White
Edward Fox
General Dyer
John Gielgud
Lord Irwin
Trevor Howard
Judge Broomfield
John Mills
Lord Chelmsford
Rohini Hattangadi
Kasturba Gandhi
Martin Sheen
Vince Walker
Ian Charleson
Reverend Charlie Andrews
Harsh Nayyar
Nathuram Godse
Athol Fugard
General Jan Christiaan Smuts
Günther Maria Halmer
Dr. Herman Kallenbach
Saeed Jaffrey
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Geraldine James
Mirabehn
Alyque Padamsee
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Amrish Puri
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Roshan Seth
Pandit Nehru
Ian Bannen
Senior Police Officer Fields
Michael Bryant
Principal Secretary
John Clements
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Richard Griffiths
Collins
Nigel Hawthorne
Kinnoch
Bernard Hepton
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Michael Hordern
Sir George Hodge
Shreeram Lagoo
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Richard Vernon
Sir Edward Gait
Vijay Kashyap
Apte
Supriya Pathak
Manu
Neena Gupta
Abha
Shane Rimmer
Commentator
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Winston Ntshona
Porter
Peter Cartwright
European Passenger
Marius Weyers
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Tyeb Mohammed
Ken Hutchison
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Daniels
Daniel Day-Lewis
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Youth
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Colin's Mother
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Sonja Schlesin
Mohan Agashe
Tyeb Mohammed's Friend
John Savident
Manager of the Mine
Christopher Good
Young Englishman
Jalal Agha
Traveller on Train Roof
Rupert Frazer
Cavalry Troop Leader
K.K. Raina
Nehru's Friend
Dominic Guard
Subaltern
Bernard Hill
Sergeant Putnam
John Quentin
Batsman
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Richard Leech
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Stanley Lebor
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Ramsay MacDonald
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Vinay Apte
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Derek Lyons
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Nassar Abdulla
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Stuart Craig
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Set Dresser
Billy Williams
Director of Photography
Govind Nihalani
Second Unit Director of Photography
Graham Churchyard
Costume Assistant
Kamal Swaroop
Assistant Director
Roy Button
Assistant Director
Richard Attenborough
Director
Govind Nihalani
Second Unit Director
John Mathew Matthan
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Alan Pattillo
Associate Editor
Susie Figgis
Casting Director
Richard Attenborough
Producer
George Fenton
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George Fenton
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Ravi Shankar
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