Plot
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.
Cast
as Mahatma Gandhi
as Margaret Bourke-White
as General Dyer
as Lord Irwin
as Judge Broomfield
as Lord Chelmsford
as Kasturba Gandhi
as Vince Walker
as Reverend Charlie Andrews
as Nathuram Godse
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Reviews
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 …