Review of Gandhi (1982) by Sharkeeya H — 14 Feb 2010

This is a touching movie about Mohandas Gandi who was an Indian man. He was thrown off of a train in South Africa for being indian. This even moves Gandhi to take action and begin a protest. HIs approach was unique. It was non-violent protest. This stirred anger with many british. Gandi was improsoned several times. The violence began to gain global attention and was not without controversy. This resulted in action to stop discrimination for Indians in South Africa. Gandhi was praised by Indians and then went back to India to help them fight agains british oppression. He again starts non-violent protest nationally. Many obsticle were in his way. Gandhi was senteced to prison and the hindu's and muslims began fighting as well. The country decides to separate and give part to the Muslims whis is part of Pakistan. Gandhi, being the unifier that he is, was opposed to this but was not able to stop the separation from happening. Gandhi tries to unify both sides but he manages to gain more enemies. The movie ends with Gandhi being assasinated.

Seeing the Indian people in non-violent protest reminded me of Dr. Martin Luther King and how he followed Gandhi's plan of non-violent protest.

This movie relates to world religions in many ways. One way that comes to mind for is how Gandhi believed all roads lead to God. He exclaimed that he he is a muslim, jew, christian, etc. and he wanted unity. He felt that people should focus on the many similarities and not the vast differences for the sake of peace. This seems to be the intent of World Religions class as well.