Gandhi (film) Gandhi (film) Gandhi is a 1982 epic historical drama film based on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India's non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom's rule of the country during the 20th century. The film, a British-Indian co-production, was written by John Briley and produced and directed by Richard Attenborough. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The film covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a whites-only compartment, and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a
Gandhi (film) discuss the film negatively. Singh, a long term critic of Gandhi, also went on to co-author "Gandhi Under Cross Examination" with Timothy Watson. In the DVD edition of the 1998 film "Jinnah", the director's commentary of the film makes mention of the 1982 film. In the commentary, both Sir Christopher Lee, who portrayed the older Muhammed Ali Jinnah, and director Jamil Dehlavi criticised the film "Gandhi" for its portrayal of Jinnah, arguing it to be demonising and historically inaccurate. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected 54 reviews and judged 85% of them to be positive, with an average rating