Review of Gandhi (1982) by Davida W — 22 Sep 2013

In this movie, Gandhi is thrown off a train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. This is when Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa.

After many arrests and the unwanted attention of the world, the government finally surrenders by recognizing rights for Indians. After Gandhi victory he was invited back to India, where he was considered a national hero.

Gandhi is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire and he agrees to mount a non-violent and non-cooperation campaign directing millions of Indians nationwide. There was some setbacks, but Britain finally grants India's independence.

Indians celebrated their victory, but their troubles were far from over because religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nation-wide violence, so Gandhi declared a hunger strike. The country becomes divided and it was decided that the northwest and eastern area of India became a new country called Pakistan.

Gandhi was opposed to the idea and spent his last days trying to bring harmony between both nations.