Gandhi (film) of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of the 1980s, which seemed to indicate Britain's growing preoccupation with India, Empire and a particular aspect of British cultural history". In addition to "Gandhi," this cycle also included "Heat and Dust" (1983), "Octopussy" (1983), "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984), "The Far Pavilions" (1984) and "A Passage to India" (1984). Patrick French negatively reviewed the film, writing in "The Telegraph": An important origin of one myth about Gandhi was Richard Attenborough’s 1982 film. Take the episode when the newly arrived Gandhi is ejected from a first-class railway carriage
Devata (1982 film) film's music. Devata (1982 film) Devata (English: Goddess) is a 1982 Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, starring Sobhan Babu, Sridevi, Jaya Prada and Mohan Babu. The film is about two sisters and their love triangle with the lead hero. K. Raghavendra Rao remade it in Hindi as "Tohfa" (1984), with both Sridevi and Jaya Prada repeating their roles. The story was also similar to earlier films: 1959 Tamil film "Kalyana Parisu", directed by C. V. Sridhar, who also directed its Hindi remake, "Nazrana", (1961) starring Raj Kapoor and Vyjayanthimala and the 1960 Telugu movie "Pelli Kanuka". K. Chakravarthy