Review of Gandhi (1982) by Prithviraj P — 27 Jan 2010

This film reminded me of Slumdog millionaire.Now You'd be thinking slumdog & Gandhi?

Well the comparison is purely becuase I believe both movies should have put hindi speaking lines in the script as it would have been more realistic,believable,reasonable & at the same time memorable.

Neverthless Ben kingsley delievered a BRILLIANT performance in his debut role....I've seen him play various characters from the Rabbi in Lucky # Slevin to Elegy(& some horrible vampire in the "Uwe boll" film Bloodrayne).But Gandhi would always be the pinnacle of his acting career.

Anybody who knows the importance of Gandhi as a person to India would no doubt admit that It's one movie that every Indian must relate to & certainly the movie never misses its point.Richard Attenborough portrayed each & every incident of Gandhi's life accurately & I believe there's no other film about Gandhi that'll give you so much detail about his life,about british-ruled India, even about the partition of India.

From the Jalianwalabagh Massacare to Dandi march, every single incident that I had read about in my history book was portrayed correctly...which surely surprised me considering Mr.Attenborough is not from India & more importantly a Britishman himself!.

Ian charelson,Martin sheen were great in their characters as well.

Roshan seth,Rohini hattangadi,Anang desai,Alyque padamsee,saeed jaffery& Amrish puri(actors with whom Indian audience is familiar with) are also cast in nice supporting roles.

So indeed a must-see recommendation for Ben kingsley fans,people who enjoy biopics,films with historical events or just a splendid performance!