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Title: Gandhi (1982)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ben Kingsley | ... | Mahatma Gandhi | |
| Rohini Hattangadi | ... | Kasturba Gandhi (as Rohini Hattangady) | |
| Roshan Seth | ... | Pandit Nehru | |
| Candice Bergen | ... | Margaret Bourke-White | |
| Edward Fox | ... | General Dyer | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Lord Irwin | |
| Trevor Howard | ... | Judge Broomfield | |
| John Mills | ... | The Viceroy | |
| Martin Sheen | ... | Walker | |
| Ian Charleson | ... | Charlie Andrews | |
| Günther Maria Halmer | ... | Herman Kallenbach (as Gunter Maria Halmer) | |
| Athol Fugard | ... | General Smuts | |
| Saeed Jaffrey | ... | Sardar Patel | |
| Geraldine James | ... | Mirabehn | |
| Alyque Padamsee | ... | Mohamed Ali Jinnah | |
In 1893, Mohandas K. Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. 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 numerous arrests and the unwanted attention of the world, the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians, though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment. Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. Too weak... Written by gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)
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The life of the legendary man from India (dominant Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley, who was a total unknown theatrical newcomer at the time) who gave up work as an attorney to defy British rule throughout the first half of the 20th Century before falling to an assassin's bullet in 1948. Long, opulent, breath-taking and completely memorable take on one of the most important historical figures the world has ever known. Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough obviously studied David Lean's epic film-making masterpieces from the 1950s and 1960s as we have similarities galore with "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and much more importantly "Lawrence of Arabia". An all-star cast of very old-time Hollywood legends (John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills) and relative newcomers who were on the rise (Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen, Edward Fox, Nigel Hawthorne and a super quick glance of a very young Daniel Day-Lewis) blend in a desert landscape of cinematic brilliance. Make no mistake of it though, "Gandhi" works because of Kingsley as he weaves a colorful tapestry of cinematic performing ungodliness with a totally convincing take on his role and the complex subject matter. Running nearly 190 minutes, "Gandhi" still just uses flash-points to under-score the importance and significance of the major topics within. Those familiar with advanced world history will likely get more out of the film, but still a movie whose glitter continues to shine as bright as ever. 5 stars out of 5.