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
Sanjay Gandhi growth. The exact extent of Sanjay Gandhi's role in the implementation of the program is somewhat disputed, with some writers holding Gandhi directly responsible for his authoritarianism, and other writers blaming the officials who implemented the program rather than Gandhi himself. David Frum and Vinod Mehta state that the sterilization programmes were initiated at the behest of the IMF and the World Bank: Sanjay Gandhi escaped an assassination attempt in March 1977. Unknown gunmen fired at his car about 300 miles south-east of New Delhi during his election campaign. Kissa Kursi Ka was a satirical film directed by Amrit Nahata