Where to watch Gandhi (1982)
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A British-trained lawyer gives up a comfortable life to challenge racial injustice and British rule in South Africa and India. As his movement grows, he promotes nonviolent protest, faces imprisonment and violence, and struggles to unite people across deep religious and political divisions.
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Rohini Hattangadi, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Harsh Nayyar, Athol Fugard, Günther Maria Halmer
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Trivia & production notes
- Richard Attenborough spent 18 years trying to get Gandhi made after reading Louis Fischer's biography and being approached by Indian civil servant Motilal Kothari in 1962.
- Gabriel Pascal secured approval from Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to produce a Gandhi film in 1952, but died in 1954 before the project could move forward.
- David Lean and producer Sam Spiegel had planned to make a Gandhi film with Alec Guinness in the lead, but abandoned the project in favor of Lawrence of Arabia.
- Ben Kingsley, born Krishna Bhanji with a Gujarati father, was cast as Gandhi after considerable speculation about who would play the role.
- Over 300,000 extras were used in Gandhi's funeral scene, making it the largest crowd ever assembled for a single film scene according to Guinness World Records.
- The film was shot between November 1980 and May 1981, with financing finally secured through Goldcrest production company, which raised approximately two-thirds of the budget.
- Gandhi premiered in New Delhi on November 30, 1982, followed by a Royal Premiere in London two days later attended by Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
- Roger Ebert gave Gandhi four stars and placed it fifth on his list of the best films of 1983.
- Ben Kingsley's performance received widespread critical praise, with Jack Kroll calling it possibly the most astonishing biographical performance in screen history.
- Gandhi was part of a cycle of British film and television productions in the early 1980s focused on India, Empire, and British cultural history, alongside Heat and Dust, Octopussy, and A Passage to India.
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