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| Year: | 1982 |
| Rating: | 8.2(50719) |
| Listed in: | Biography, Drama, History |
| Directed by: | Richard Attenborough |
| Actors: | Ben Kingsley Edward Fox John Gielgud Trevor Howard John Mills Candice Bergen |
| "The Man of the Century. The Motion Picture of a Lifetime." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Richard Attenborough | |
| Actors | |
| Ben Kingsley | as Mohandas K. Gandhi |
| Edward Fox | as Gen. Reginald Dyer |
| John Gielgud | as Lord Irwin |
| Trevor Howard | as Judge Broomfield |
| John Mills | as Lord Chelmsford |
| Martin Sheen | as Vince Walker |
| Ian Charleson | as Rev. Charlie Andrews |
| Athol Fugard | as Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts |
| Günther Maria Halmer | as Dr. Herman Kallenbach |
| Saeed Jaffrey | as Sardar Valabhhai Patel |
| Alyque Padamsee | as Mohammed Ali Jinnah |
| Amrish Puri | as Khan |
| Roshan Seth | as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Ian Bannen | as Senior Police Officer Fields |
| Michael Bryant | as Principal Secretary |
| John Clements | as Advocate General |
| Richard Griffiths | as Collins |
| Nigel Hawthorne | as Kinnoch |
| Bernard Hepton | as G.O.C. |
| Michael Hordern | as Sir George Hodge |
| Shreeram Lagoo | as Professor Gokhale |
| Om Puri | as Nahari |
| Virendra Razdan | as Maulana Azad |
| Richard Vernon | as Sir Edward Gait |
| Harsh Nayyar | as Nathuran Godse |
| Prabhakar Patankar | as Prakash |
| Vijay Kashyap | as Apte |
| Nigam Prakash | as Karkare |
| Shane Rimmer | as Radio Commentator at Funeral |
| Peter Harlowe | as Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| Anang Desai | as J.B. Kripalani |
| Winston Ntshona | as South African Train Porter |
| Peter Cartwright | as European Passenger |
| Marius Weyers | as Conductor |
| Richard Mayes | as Baker |
| Alok Nath | as Tyeb Mohammed |
| Dean Gasper | as Singh |
| Ken Hutchison | as Police Sergeant |
| Norman Chancer | as Reporter |
| Gulshan Kapoor | as Rich Merchant |
| Raj Chaturvedi | as Harilal Gandhi |
| Avpar Jhita | as Manilal Gandhi |
| Anthony Sagger | as Ramdas Gandhi |
| David Gant | as Daniels |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | as Colin |
| Ray Burdis | as Youth |
| Daniel Peacock | as Youth |
| Mohan Agashe | as Tyeb Mohammed's Friend |
| Sudhanshu Mishra | as Man in Gallery |
| Dina Nath | as Miner |
| John Savident | as Manager of the Mine |
| John Patrick | as Mounted Police Sergeant |
| Michael Godley | as Clergyman |
| Stewart Harwood | as Prison Officer |
| Stanley McGeagh | as Prison Guard |
| Christopher Good | as Young Englishman |
| David Markham | as Older Englishman |
| Jyoti Sarup | as Young Indian Reporter |
| John Naylor | as English Reporter |
| Wilson George | as American Reporter |
| Hansu Mehta | as Older Indian Reporter |
| Sudarshan Sethi | as Motilal Nehru |
| Moti Makan | as Traveller on Train Roof |
| Jalal Agha | as Traveller on Train Roof |
| Rupert Frazer | as Cavalry Troop Leader |
| Manohar Pitale | as Shukla |
| Homi Daruvala | as Nehru's Friend |
| K.K. Raina | as Nehru's Friend |
| Vivek Swaroop | as Nehru's Friend |
| Raja Biswas | as Nehru's Friend |
| Dominic Guard | as Subaltern |
| Bernard Hill | as Sergeant Putnam |
| Rama Kant Jha | as Village Leader |
| Nana Palsikar | as Villager |
| Chandrakant Thakkar | as Policeman |
| John Quentin | as Batsman |
| Graham Seed | as Wicket-Keeper |
| Keith Drinkel | as Major |
| Bob Babenia | as Police Guard |
| Gerald Sim | as Magistrate |
| Colin Farrell | as Clerk |
| Sanjeev Puri | as Young Man |
| Gareth Forwood | as Secretary |
| Vijay Crishna | as Chauffeur |
| Sankalp Dubey | as Servant |
| James Cossins | as Brigadier |
| Gurcharan Singh | as Speaker in Jallianwalla Bagh |
| John Vine | as A.D.C. |
| Geoffrey Chater | as Government Advocate |
| Ernest Clark | as Lord Hunter |
| Habib Tanvir | as Indian Barrister |
| Pankaj Mohan | as Mahadev Desai |
| Subhash Gupta | as Policeman at Chauri Chaura |
| Aadil | as Policeman at Chauri Chaura |
| Rajeshwar Nath | as Marcher at Chauri Chaura |
| S.S. Thakur | as Marcher at Chauri Chaura |
| Rahul Gupta | as Boy with Goat |
| Barry John | as Police Superintendant |
| Brian Oulton | as Clerk of Court |
| James Snell | as Court Reporter |
| John Boxer | as Court Reporter |
| Gerard Norman | as Court Reporter |
| Bernard Horsfall | as General Edgar |
| Richard Leech | as Brigadier |
| Pankaj Kapur | as Pyarelal |
| David Sibley | as Subaltern |
| Dalip Tahil | as Zia |
| Stanley Lebor | as Police Officer |
| Terrence Hardiman | as Ramsay MacDonald |
| Jon Croft | as Colonel |
| William Hoyland | as Adjutant |
| John Ratzenberger | as American Lt., driver for Bourke-White |
| Jack McKenzie | as Major at Aga Khan Palace |
| Tom Alter | as Doctor at Aga Khan Palace |
| Roop Kumar Razdan | as Hindu Youth at Ashram |
| Vagish Kumar Singh | as Man Refugee |
| Dilsher Singh | as Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Sudhir Dalvi | as Police Commissioner |
| Tilak Raj | as Tahib |
| Pren Kapoor | as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street |
| Vinay Apte | as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street |
| Aswani Kumar | as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street |
| Avinash Dogra | as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street |
| Shreedhar Joshi | as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street |
| Suhas Palshikar | as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street |
| Karkirat Singh | as Nehru's Aide |
| Shekhar Chatterjee | as Suhrawardy |
| Amarjeet | as Goondas |
| Pratap Desai | as Goondas |
| Bhatawadekar Prakash | as Goondas |
| Sunil Shende | as Goondas |
| Rovil Sinha | as Goondas |
| Derek Lyons | as Radio Reporter at Funeral |
| Stephen M. Silverman | as British Officer |
| Actresses | |
| Candice Bergen | as Margaret Bourke-White |
| Geraldine James | as Mirabehn |
| Rohini Hattangadi | as Mrs. Kasturba M. Gandhi |
| Supriya Pathak | as Manu - Gandhi's Niece |
| Neena Gupta | as Abha - Gandhi's Niece |
| Charu Bala Chokshi | as Ayah |
| Avis Bunnage | as Colin's Mother |
| Caroline Hutchison | as Sonja Schlesin |
| Sunila Pradhan | as Mrs. Motilal Nehru |
| Alpna Gupta | as Villager's Wife |
| Tarla Mehta | as Sarojini Naidu |
| Monica Gupta | as Little Girl |
| Jane Myerson | as Lady Edwina Mountbatten |
| Bani Sharad Joshi | as Woman Refugee |
| Irpinder Puri | as Sushila Nayyar |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Budget: | USD 22,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 8,252,717 USD (30 January 1983) Australia - 224,597 AUD (24 March 1983) |
| Plot: | When Mohandas Gandhi first set foot in British India, he had already been to Britain and South Africa, and had created quite a stir for the betterment of the people. But in India, he realized that he had first to live the life of a peasant to understand what it is to be an Indian. This resolve will lead him to shed his westerners clothing, don a simple loincloth, Mobilize awareness of local industry, less dependence on imported clothing and material, the historic Dandee march for withdrawal of the salt tax, a fast unto death to stop the virtual slaughter of British troops, and be imprisoned several times. His resolve was to work with stalwarts such as Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Valabhbhai Patel, Professor Gokhale, J.B. Kripalani, Maulana Azad, and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to ensure first of all to get the British to quit India, and then run an Indian Government under the Congress party. Gandhi will soon realize that it is not enough to be just an Indian, for India has many facets - Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, and Christian. The British relied on these many facets as an excuse for their continuance as they wanted to ensure that the minorities are not oppressed. Concerned over the inroads made by Gandhi to unite the Hindus, Muslims, and all others under a common umbrella, the British invited Jinnah for talks, and it is here that a seed was laid for a separate country called Pakistan. When Gandhi came to know about this, he pleaded with Jinnah to unite the Muslims, even take over as the first Prime Minister with his choice of Muslim candidates for Parliament, but separatist Jinnah had already made his mind. The World Wars of 1914 and 1944 having taken its toll on Europe, and on Britain in particular, the weary British finally decided to leave India in 1947 - not the India they had conquered - but an India that was ready to be divided in East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Now after the much awaited independence was the real test for Gandhi - a test that will make him or break him - as he started a fast unto death to try and stop the violence that was threatening to break out into a civil war. |
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DATE: The car burned in the Calcutta riot scenes (some time between 1946 and 1948) is an Ambassador, an Indian-made copy of a 1954 Morris Oxford. Continuity: When Mahatma Gandhi is escorted into the office of the top prison official, the pendulum on the grandfather clock in the background jumps between shots. Revealing mistakes: In the massacre scene Gen. Dyer is pacing back and forth between the two rows of firing soldiers. Right before the cut to the crowd he steps in front of a standing soldier firing. FAIR: While it is true that electricity was unavailable to most Indian villages during Mahatma Gandhi's lifetime, it can be expected that poles supporting what seem to be power lines along the railroad right-of-way during Gandhi's tour of India are instead supporting telegraph lines, some of which were in place as early as the 1850s. Fact errors: In the movie, The South African police were shown both arresting and beating Mahatma Gandhi for burning passes during his protest of the Pass Law. Although Gandhi and his fellow protesters were arrested for burning the passes, in reality neither Gandhi or any of the protesters were ever beaten by the police during the protest. Fact errors: Lord Irwin, in real life, was born with a withered left arm with no hand. However, he is shown several times in the movie with both a left and right hand. Continuity: The standing lamp on the right of the screen next to the Judge Broomfield moved to the right when the Judge says "nevertheless, it is my duty...". Fact errors: In the scene at the cricket match, there are 12 fielders on the pitch (4 leg-side, 6 off-side, plus bowler & keeper.) DATE: In the scene where the Pakistani flag is being raised for the first time, the anthem that is playing is the current national anthem of Pakistan ("Qaumi Tarana"). The original national anthem of Pakistan was a different song (written by a Hindu), which was written days prior to the ceremony and only lasted 18 months as Pakistan's anthem. Fact errors: In the opening scene in South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi is riding first class on a steam locomotive. The first class car is shown as the forward car, closest to the engine. In passenger steam engines, first class would be the rearmost car, farthest away from the engine's heat and exhaust. Second or third class would be nearest the engine. DATE: (At 2:22:30) Footage of a speeding steam train is shown during Gandhi's visit to Britain in 1931. There were then only four railway companies in the UK, LMS, LNER, SR and GWR, all of whom proudly displayed their initials on their engine tenders. In the footage, however, there is only the smudge like the logo of British Rail, not formed until 1948. |
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Gandhi: Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always. Nehru: Bapuji, the whole country is moving. Gandhi: Yes. but in what direction? Gandhi: An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. Nahari: I'm going to Hell! I killed a child! I smashed his head against a wall. Gandhi: Why? Nahari: Because they killed my son! The Muslims killed my son! [indicates boy's height] Gandhi: I know a way out of Hell. Find a child, a child whose mother and father have been killed and raise him as your own. [indicates same height] Gandhi: Only be sure that he is a Muslim and that you raise him as one. Gandhi: They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me, then they will have my dead body. NOT MY OBEDIENCE! Gandhi: We think it is time that you recognized that you are masters in someone else's home. Despite the best intentions of the best of you, you must, in the nature of things, humiliate us to control us. General Dyer is but an extreme example of the principle... it is time you left. Kinnoch: With respect, Mr. Gandhi, without British administration, this country would be reduced to chaos. Gandhi: Mr. Kinnoch, I beg you to accept that there is no people on Earth who would not prefer their own bad government to the good government of an alien power. Brigadier: My dear sir! India *is* British. We're hardly an alien power! [silence] Vince Walker: I met him once. Collins: You mean Gandhi? Vince Walker: Yeah, in South Africa, a long time ago. I wonder if he'll recognize me. Collins: What was he like? Vince Walker: He had a full head of hair then. We were a bit like college students, trying to figure everything out. Collins: Well, he must have found some of the answers! Gandhi: You're a temptress. Margaret Bourke-White: Just an admirer! Gandhi: Nothing is more dangerous, especially for an old man. Gandhi: I am a Muslim and a Hindu and a Christian and a Jew and so are all of you. Colonel: [moments before the Amritsar Massacre] Should we issue a warning, sir? Gen. Dyer: They've had their warning. No meetings. [pause] *Fire!* Gandhi: The function of a civil resistance is to provoke response and we will continue to provoke until they respond or change the law. They are not in control; we are. Vince Walker: You're an ambitious man, Mr. Gandhi. Gandhi: I hope not. Gandhi: [in South Africa] You mean you can appoint Mr. Baker as your attorney but you can't walk down the street with him? Kahn: Well, I can, but I risk being kicked into the gutter by someone less holy than Mr. Baker. Lord Irwin, Viceroy: Mr. Gandhi will find that it takes a great deal more than a pinch of salt to bring down the British Empire. Edward R. Murrow: [at Gandhi's funeral] The object of this massive tribute died as he had always lived - a private man without wealth, without property, without official title or office. Mahatma Gandhi was not a commander of great armies nor ruler of vast lands. He could boast no scientific achievements or artistic gift. Yet men, governments and dignitaries from all over the world have joined hands today to pay homage to this little brown man in the loincloth who led his country to freedom. Pope Pius, the Archbishop of Canterbury, President Truman, Chiang Kai-shek, The Foreign Minister of Russia, the President of France... are among the millions here and abroad who have lamented his passing. In the words of General George C. Marshall, the American Secretary of State, "Mahatma Gandhi had become the spokesman for the conscience of mankind, a man who made humility and simple truth more powerful than empires." And Albert Einstein added, "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth." Gandhi: If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. [first lines] Gandhi: [Godse shoots Gandhi in the chest] Oh God! Vince Walker: Whatever moral ascendancy the West once held was lost here today. India is free, for she has taken all that steel and cruelty can give and she has neither cringed nor retreated. Government advocate: General Dyer, is it correct that you ordered your troops to fire at the thickest part of the crowd? Gen. Dyer: [righteous tone] That is so. Government advocate: One thousand five hundred and sixteen casualties with one thousand six hundred and fifty bullets. Gen. Dyer: My intention was to inflict a lesson that would have an impact throughout all India. Indian barrister: General, had you been able to take in the armored car, would you have opened fire with the machine gun? Gen. Dyer: I think, probably, yes. Lord Hunter: General, did you realize there were children, and women, in the crowd? Gen. Dyer: I did. Government advocate: But that was irrelevant to the point you were making? Gen. Dyer: That is correct! Government advocate: Could I ask you what provision you made for the wounded? Gen. Dyer: I was ready to help any who applied. Government advocate: General, how does a child shot with a 303 Lee-Enfield "apply" for help? Gen. Dyer: [silence] Brigadier: You don't think we're just going to walk out of India! Gandhi: Yes. In the end, you will walk out. Because 100,000 Englishmen simply cannot control 350 million Indians, if those Indians refuse to cooperate. Margaret Bourke-White: [to Gandhi] You're the only man I know who makes his own clothes. Hindu: Babu! Babu! Babu, please don't do it! Gandhi: What do you want me not to do? Not to meet with Mr. Jinnah? I am a Muslim, and a Hindu, and a Christian, and a Jew, and so are all of you. When you wave those flags and shout, you send fear into the hearts of your brothers. That is not the India I want! Stop it! For God's sake stop it! Gandhi: I want to welcome you all. Every one of you. We have no secrets. Let us begin by being clear... about General Smuts' new law. All Indians must now be fingerprinted... like criminals. Men and women. No marriage other than a Christian marriage is considered valid. Under this act our wives and mothers are whores. And every man here is a bastard. Kahn: He has become quite good at this. Gandhi: And a policeman passing an Indian dwelling, I will not call them homes, may enter and demand the card of any Indian woman whose dwelling it is. Nehru: Think of what you can do by living, that you cannot do by dying... What do you want? Gandhi: That the fighting will stop. That you make me believe it will never start again. |
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