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Gandhi (6-Dec-1982)

Director: Richard Attenborough

Writer: John Briley

Music: Ravi Shankar

Producer: Richard Attenborough

Keywords: Drama, Biography, India, Martyrdom

Epic telling of the life of Mahatma Gandhi, promising lawyer who gave up his comfortable life to preach a doctrine of nonviolence in defiance of the British Raj. Won 8 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay; received 3 additional nominations including Best Original Score.

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Athol Fugard
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John Gielgud
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Bernard Hill
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Michael Hordern
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Trevor Howard
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29-Sep-1913 7-Jan-1988 Sons and Lovers
Saeed Jaffrey
Actor
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Geraldine James
Actor
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Ben Kingsley
Actor
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John Mills
Actor
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Amrish Puri
Actor
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Om Puri
Actor
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John Ratzenberger
Actor
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Martin Sheen
Actor
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Richard Vernon
Actor
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CAST

Ben Kingsley   ...   Mahatma Gandhi
with
Candice Bergen   ...   Margaret Bourke-White
Edward Fox   ...   Gen. Dyer
John Gielgud   ...   Lord Irwin
Trevor Howard   ...   Judge Broomfield
John Mills   ...   The Viceroy
Martin Sheen   ...   Walker
Ian Charleson   ...   Charlie Andrews
Athol Fugard   ...   Gen. Smuts
Gunter Maria Halmer   ...   Herman Kallenbach
Saeed Jaffrey   ...   Sardar Patel
Geraldine James   ...   Mirabehn
Alyque Padamsee   ...   Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Amrish Puri   ...   Kahn
Roshan Seth   ...   Pandit Nehru
and
Rohini Hattangady   ...   Kasturba Gandhi
with
Ian Bannen   ...   Senior Police Officer
Michael Bryant   ...   Principal Secretary
John Clements   ...   Advocate General
Richard Griffiths   ...   Collins
Nigel Hawthorne   ...   Kinnoch
Bernard Hepton   ...   G.O.C.
Michael Hordern   ...   Sir George Hodge
Shreeram Lagoo   ...   Professor Gokhale
Om Puri   ...   Nahari
Virendra Razdan   ...   Maulana Azad
Richard Vernon   ...   Sir Edward Gait
Harsh Nayyar   ...   Nathuran Godse
Prabhakar Patankar   ...   Prakash
Vijay Kashyap   ...   Apte
Nigam Prakash   ...   Karkare
Supriya Pathak   ...   Manu
Nina Gupta   ...   Abha
Shane Rimmer   ...   Commentator
Peter Harlowe   ...   Lord Mountbatten
Anang Desai   ...   J. B. Kripalani
Winston Ntshona   ...   Porter
Peter Cartwright   ...   European Passenger
Marius Weyers   ...   Conductor
Richard Mayes   ...   Baker
Alok Nath   ...   Tyeb Mohammed
Dean Gasper   ...   Singh
Ken Hutchison   ...   Police Sergeant
Norman Chancer   ...   Reporter
Gulshan Kapoor   ...   Rich Merchant
Charu Bala Chokshi   ...   Ayah
Raj Chaturvedi   ...   Harilal Gandhi
Avpar Jhita   ...   Manilal Gandhi
Anthony Sagger   ...   Ramdas Gandhi
David Gant   ...   Daniels
Daniel Day-Lewis   ...   Colin
Ray Burdis   ...   Youth
Daniel Peacock   ...   Youth
Avis Bunnage   ...   Colin's Mother
Caroline Hutchison   ...   Sonja Schlesin
Mohan Agashe   ...   Tyeb Mohammed's Friend
Sudhanshu Mishra   ...   Man in Gallery
Dina Nath   ...   Miner
John Savident   ...   Manager of the Mine
John Patrick   ...   Mounted Police Sergeant
Michael Godley   ...   Clergyman
Stewart Harwood   ...   Prison Officer
Stanley McGeagh   ...   Prison Guard
Christopher Good   ...   Young Englishman
David Markham   ...   Older Englishman
Jyoti Sarup   ...   Young Indian Reporter
John Naylor   ...   English Reporter
Wilson George   ...   American Reporter
Hansu Mehta   ...   Older Indian Reporter
Sudarshan Sethi   ...   Motilal Nehru
Sunila Pradhan   ...   Mrs. Motilal Nehru
Moti Makan   ...   Traveller on Train Roof
Jalal Agha   ...   Traveller on Train Roof
Rupert Frazer   ...   Cavalry Troop Leader
Manohar Pitale   ...   Shukla
Homi Daruvala   ...   Nehru's Friend
K. K. Raina   ...   Nehru's Friend
Vivek Swaroop   ...   Nehru's Friend
Raja Biswas   ...   Nehru's Friend
Dominic Guard   ...   Subaltern
Bernard hill   ...   Sgt. Putnam
Rama Kant Jha   ...   Village Leader
Nana Palsikar   ...   Villager
Alpna Gupta   ...   Villager's Wife
Chandrakant Thakkar   ...   Policeman
John Quentin   ...   Batsman
Graham Seed   ...   Wicket-Keeper
Keith Drinkel   ...   Major
Bob Barbenia   ...   Police Guard
Gerald Sim   ...   Magistrate
Colin Farrell   ...   Clerk
Sanjeev Puri   ...   Young Man
Gareth Forwood   ...   Secretary
Vijay Crishna   ...   Chauffeur
Sankalp Dubey   ...   Servant
James Cossins   ...   Brigadier
Gurcharan Singh   ...   Speaker in Jallianwalla Bagh
John Vine   ...   A.D.C.
Geoffrey Chater   ...   Government Advocate
Ernest Clark   ...   Lord Hunter
Habib Tanveer   ...   Indian Barrister
Pankaj Mohan   ...   Mahadev Desai
Subhash Gupta   ...   Policeman at Chauri Chaura
Aadil   ...   Policeman at Chauri Chaura
Rajeshwar Nath   ...   Marcher at Chauri Chaura
S. S. Thakur   ...   Marcher at Chauri Chaura
Rahul Gupta   ...   Boy with Goat
Barry John   ...   Police Superintendant
Brian Oulton   ...   Clerk of Court
James Snell   ...   Court Reporter
John Boxer   ...   Court Reporter
Gerard Norman   ...   Court Reporter
Bernard Horsfall   ...   Gen. Edgar
Richard Leech   ...   Brigadier
Pankaj Kapur   ...   Pyarelal
Tarla Mehta   ...   Sarojini Naidu
David Sibley   ...   Subaltern
Daleep Tahil   ...   Zia
Stanley Lebor   ...   Police Officer
Terrence Hardiman   ...   Ramsay MacDonald
Monica Gupta   ...   Little Girl
Jon Croft   ...   Colonel
William Hoyland   ...   Adjutant
John Ratzenberger   ...   American Lieutenant
Jack McKenzie   ...   Major at Aga Khan Palace
Tom Alter   ...   Doctor at Aga Khan Palace
Jane Myerson   ...   Lady Mountbatten
Roop Kumar Razdan   ...   Hindu Youth at Ashram
Bani Sharad Joshi   ...   Woman Refugee
Vagish Kumar Singh   ...   Man Refugee
Dilsher Singh   ...   Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Sudheer Dalavi   ...   Police Commissioner
Tilak Raj   ...   Tahib
Irpinder Puri   ...   Sushila Nayyar
Pren Kapoor   ...   Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Vinay Apte   ...   Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Aswani Kumar   ...   Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Avinash Dogra   ...   Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Shreedhar Joshi   ...   Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Suhas Palshikar   ...   Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Karkirat Singh   ...   Nehru's Aide
Shekhar Chatterjee   ...   Suhrawardy
Amarjit   ...   Goonda
Pratap Desai   ...   Goonda
Bhatawadekar Prakash   ...   Goonda
Sunil Shende   ...   Goonda
Rovil Sinha   ...   Goonda

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