Gandhi film review
Director Richard Attenborough
Writer John Briley
Stars Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Rohini Hattangandy
Certificate PG
Running time 188 minutes
Made UK/USA/India, 1982
Richard Attenborough’s epic rendering of the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi has received plenty of plaudits and scooped eight Oscars (including best film, best director and best leading actor) in the year of its release, 1982. However, while it certainly is an epic film painted on a broad and beautiful canvas, it is very difficult to engage with it.
Ben Kingsley excels as the unassuming hero who leads his countrymen to freedom from British rule using peaceful means, however you ca
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