Gandhi

7.6
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Run time: 191 min
  • Premiere: 1982. December 1.

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

Discover

Ben Kingsley

Mahatma Gandhi

Candice Bergen

Margaret Bourke-White

Edward Fox

General Dyer

John Gielgud

Lord Irwin

Trevor Howard

Judge Broomfield

John Mills

Lord Chelmsford

Rohini Hattangadi

Kasturba Gandhi

Martin Sheen

Vince Walker

Ian Charleson

Reverend Charlie Andrews

Harsh Nayyar

Nathuram Godse

Athol Fugard

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Günther Maria Halmer

Dr. Herman Kallenbach

Saeed Jaffrey

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Alyque Padamsee

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Roshan Seth

Pandit Nehru

Ian Bannen

Senior Police Officer Fields

Michael Bryant

Principal Secretary

John Clements

Advocate General

Michael Hordern

Sir George Hodge

Shreeram Lagoo

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Virendra Razdan

Maulana Azad

Richard Vernon

Sir Edward Gait

Shane Rimmer

Commentator

Peter Harlowe

Lord Mountbatten

Anang Desai

J.B. Kripalani

Peter Cartwright

European Passenger

Marius Weyers

Conductor

Alok Nath

Tyeb Mohammed

Ken Hutchison

Police Sergeant

Norman Chancer

Reporter

Gulshan Kapoor

Rich Merchant

Raj Chaturvedi

Harilal Gandhi

Avpar Jhita

Manilal Gandhi

Anthony Sagger

Ramdas Gandhi

Om Puri

Nahari (uncredited)

David Gant

Daniels

Avis Bunnage

Colin's Mother

Caroline Hutchison

Sonja Schlesin

Mohan Agashe

Tyeb Mohammed's Friend

Sudhanshu Mishra

Man in Gallery

Dina Nath

Miner

John Savident

Manager of the Mine

John Patrick

Mounted Police Sergeant

Michael Godley

Clergyman

Stewart Harwood

Prison Officer

Stanley McGeagh

Prison Guard

Christopher Good

Young Englishman

David Markham

Older Englishman

Jyoti Sarup

Young Indian Reporter

John Naylor

English Reporter

Wilson George

American Reporter

Hanshu Mehta

Older Indian Reporter

Sudarshan Sethi

Motilal Nehru

Sunila Pradhan

Mrs. Motilal Nehru

Moti Makan

Traveller on Train Roof

Jalal Agha

Traveller on Train Roof

Rupert Frazer

Cavalry Troop Leader

Homi Daruvala

Nehru's Friend

K.K. Raina

Nehru's Friend

Vivek Swaroop

Nehru's Friend

Raja Biswas

Nehru's Friend

Dominic Guard

Subaltern

Bernard Hill

Sergeant Putnam

Rama Kant Jha

Village Leader

Nana Palsikar

Villager

Alpna Gupta

Villager's Wife

John Quentin

Batsman

Graham Seed

Wicket-Keeper

Bob Barbenia

Police Guard

Gerald Sim

Magistrate

Sanjeev Puri

Young Man

Gareth Forwood

Secretary

Vijay Crishna

Chauffeur

James Cossins

Brigadier

Gurcharan Singh

Speaker in Jallianwalla Bagh

John Vine

A.D.C.

Geoffrey Chater

Government Advocate

Ernest Clark

Lord Hunter

Habib Tanvir

Indian Barrister

Pankaj Mohan

Mahadev Desai

Subhash Gupta

Policeman at Chauri Chaura

Aadil

Policeman at Chauri Chaura

Rajeshwar Nath

Marcher at Chauri Chaura

S.S. Thakur

Marcher at Chauri Chaura

Rahul Gupta

Boy with Goat

Barry John

Police Superintendent

Brian Oulton

Clerk of Court

James Snell

Court Reporter

John Boxer

Court Reporter

Gerard Norman

Court Reporter

Bernard Horsfall

General Edgar

Richard Leech

Brigadier

Pankaj Kapur

Pyarelal

Tarla Mehta

Sarojini Naidu

David Sibley

Subaltern

Stanley Lebor

Police Officer

Terrence Hardiman

Ramsay MacDonald

Monica Gupta

Little Girl

Jon Croft

Colonel

John Ratzenberger

American Lieutenant

Jack McKenzie

Major at Aga Khan Palace

Tom Alter

Doctor at Aga Khan Palace

Jane Myerson

Lady Mountbatten

Roop Kumar Razdan

Hindu Youth at Ashram

Bani Sharad Joshi

Woman Refugee

Vagish Kumar Singh

Man Refugee

Dilsher Singh

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Sudhir Dalvi

Police Commissioner

Tilak Raj

Tahib

Irpinder Puri

Sushila Nayyar

Pren Kapoor

Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Vinay Apte

Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Aswini Kumar

Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Avinash Dogra

Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Shreedhar Joshi

Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Suhas Palshikar

Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Karkirat Singh

Nehru's Aide

Amarjeet

Goonda

Rovil Sinha

Goonda

Derek Lyons

Radio Reporter at Funeral (uncredited)

Fred Wood

Man in the Crowd (uncredited)

Art

Stuart Craig

Production Design

Michael Seirton

Set Decoration

Norman Dorme

Art Direction

Ram Yedekar

Art Direction

Robert W. Laing

Supervising Art Director

Robert W. Laing

Production Design

George Dean

Painter

Vala Kothari

Property Buyer

Cliff Robinson

Assistant Art Director

Agnes Fernandez

Assistant Art Director

Roger Cain

Draughtsman

Jill Quertier

Set Dresser

Nissar Allana

Set Dresser

Amal Allana

Set Dresser

Aruna Harprasad

Set Dresser

Dick Frift

Construction Manager

G. Dixit

Construction Grip

Charles Torbett

Property Master

Tony Teiger

Standby Property Master

Mickey Guyett

Standby Painter

Jeff Reid

Standby Carpenter

Joe Lear

Other

Camera

Ronnie Taylor

Director of Photography

Billy Williams

Director of Photography

Frank Connor

Still Photographer

Chic Anstiss

Camera Operator

Ted Deason

Focus Puller

Danny Shelmerdine

Clapper Loader

A.K. Bir

Assistant Camera

Devlin Bose

Focus Puller

Ashwini Kaul

Second Assistant Camera

G.S. Bhaskar

Second Assistant Camera

Robin Browne

Aerial Camera

Nobby Godden

Camera Technician

Govind Nihalani

Second Unit Director of Photography

K. Kanti

Focus Puller

D. Panday

Assistant Grip

Pablo Bartholomew

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Connie Reeve

Makeup Artist

Bhanu Athaiya

Costume Design

John Mollo

Costume Design

Vera Mitchell

Hairstylist

Graham Churchyard

Costume Assistant

Tom Smith

Makeup Supervisor

Paula Gillespie

Key Hairdresser

Nic Ede

Wardrobe Master

Sally Downing

Wardrobe Master

Sina Kaul

Costume Consultant

V.K. Dixit

Wardrobe Assistant

Shernaz Italia

Wardrobe Assistant

Aperna Katara

Wardrobe Assistant

Vinod Kumar

Wardrobe Assistant

Pavan Malhotra

Wardrobe Assistant

Vera Mitchell

Assistant Hairdresser

Miriam Samuel

Assistant Hairdresser

John Webber

Assistant Makeup Artist

Connie Reeve

Assistant Makeup Artist

Mustaque Sheikh

Assistant Makeup Artist

Tony Horsfield

Assistant Makeup Artist

Crew

Gerry Crampton

Stunt Coordinator

Brian Hathaway

Transportation Captain

R. Puri

Technical Advisor

K.N. Sethi

Transportation Coordinator

Colonel Balachandra

Military Consultant

Margaret Adams

Post Production Assistant

S. Krishna

Unit Medic

G. D. Bakshi

Catering

Gyan Sahay

Second Unit Cinematographer

Directing

Steve Lanning

Assistant Director

David Tomblin

First Assistant Director

June Randall

Continuity

Roy Button

Assistant Director

Peter Waller

Assistant Director

Kamal Swaroop

Assistant Director

M. Shahjehan

Assistant Director

Bhisham Bhasin

Assistant Director

Julian Wall

Assistant Director

Govind Nihalani

Second Unit Director

U.S. Pani

Second Unit First Assistant Director

John Mathew Matthan

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Padma Iyer

Continuity

Editing

John Bloom

Editor

Chris Ridsdale

Assistant Editor

Alan Pattillo

Associate Editor

Mick Monks

Assistant Editor

Neil Farrell

Assistant Editor

Raj Kothari

Assistant Editor

Gary Beard

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Alan Martin

Electrician

Terry Goddard

Best Boy Electrician

Nobby Clark

Standby Rigger

Production

Michael Stanley-Evans

Executive Producer

Suresh Jindal

Associate Producer

Alexander De Grunwald

Production Manager

Shama Habibullah

Production Manager

Susie Figgis

Casting Director

Graham Ford

Location Manager

Sudesh Syal

Location Manager

Grania O'Shannon

Unit Manager

Gerry Levy

Unit Manager

Rashid Abbasi

Unit Manager

Nasir Abdullah

Assistant Unit Manager

P.V. Rao

Assistant Unit Manager

Lorna Mueller

Researcher

Terence A. Clegg

Executive In Charge Of Production

Rani Dubé

Co-Producer

Pat Howell

Key Accountant

Terry Mellis

Production Accountant

Jo Hannam

Assistant Accountant

E.R. Gopinathan

Assistant Accountant

Loretta Ordewer

Production Coordinator

Judi Bunn

Production Secretary

Clare Howard

Producer's Assistant

Sharlene Chatelier

Production Assistant

Eleanor Chaudhuri

Production Assistant

Dilshad Panday

Production Assistant

Diana Hawkins

Publicist

Dolly Thakore

Publicist

Soonu Ghadially

Publicist

Yog Batra

Extras Casting

Shailendra Goel

Extras Casting

Jill Mellis

Extras Casting

Devi Dutt

Assistant Production Manager

Rajiv Suri

Second Unit Location Manager

Sound

George Fenton

Original Music Composer

George Fenton

Conductor

Simon Kaye

Sound Recordist

Ravi Shankar

Original Music Composer

Taffy Haines

Sound Engineer

Jonathan Bates

Sound Editor

Gerry Humphreys

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robin O'Donoghue

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Richards

Sound Recordist

Archie Ludski

Dialogue Editor

Vijay Raghava Rao

Music Coordinator

Francis Silkstone

Music Coordinator

Nigel Davis

Boom Operator

Rajan Rajkhowa

Sound Assistant

Sultan Khan

Musician

Ashish Khan

Musician

Sharad Kumar

Musician

Ashit Desai

Musician

P. Desai

Musician

Writing

John Briley

Writer

Art

Stuart Craig

Production Design

Michael Seirton

Set Decoration

Norman Dorme

Art Direction

Ram Yedekar

Art Direction

Robert W. Laing

Supervising Art Director

Robert W. Laing

Production Design

George Dean

Painter

Vala Kothari

Property Buyer

Cliff Robinson

Assistant Art Director

Agnes Fernandez

Assistant Art Director

Roger Cain

Draughtsman

Jill Quertier

Set Dresser

Nissar Allana

Set Dresser

Amal Allana

Set Dresser

Aruna Harprasad

Set Dresser

Dick Frift

Construction Manager

G. Dixit

Construction Grip

Charles Torbett

Property Master

Tony Teiger

Standby Property Master

Mickey Guyett

Standby Painter

Jeff Reid

Standby Carpenter

Joe Lear

Other

Camera

Ronnie Taylor

Director of Photography

Billy Williams

Director of Photography

Frank Connor

Still Photographer

Chic Anstiss

Camera Operator

Ted Deason

Focus Puller

Danny Shelmerdine

Clapper Loader

A.K. Bir

Assistant Camera

Devlin Bose

Focus Puller

Ashwini Kaul

Second Assistant Camera

G.S. Bhaskar

Second Assistant Camera

Robin Browne

Aerial Camera

Nobby Godden

Camera Technician

Govind Nihalani

Second Unit Director of Photography

K. Kanti

Focus Puller

D. Panday

Assistant Grip

Pablo Bartholomew

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Connie Reeve

Makeup Artist

Bhanu Athaiya

Costume Design

John Mollo

Costume Design

Vera Mitchell

Hairstylist

Graham Churchyard

Costume Assistant

Tom Smith

Makeup Supervisor

Paula Gillespie

Key Hairdresser

Nic Ede

Wardrobe Master

Sally Downing

Wardrobe Master

Sina Kaul

Costume Consultant

V.K. Dixit

Wardrobe Assistant

Shernaz Italia

Wardrobe Assistant

Aperna Katara

Wardrobe Assistant

Vinod Kumar

Wardrobe Assistant

Pavan Malhotra

Wardrobe Assistant

Vera Mitchell

Assistant Hairdresser

Miriam Samuel

Assistant Hairdresser

John Webber

Assistant Makeup Artist

Connie Reeve

Assistant Makeup Artist

Mustaque Sheikh

Assistant Makeup Artist

Tony Horsfield

Assistant Makeup Artist

Crew

Gerry Crampton

Stunt Coordinator

Brian Hathaway

Transportation Captain

R. Puri

Technical Advisor

K.N. Sethi

Transportation Coordinator

Colonel Balachandra

Military Consultant

Margaret Adams

Post Production Assistant

S. Krishna

Unit Medic

G. D. Bakshi

Catering

Gyan Sahay

Second Unit Cinematographer

Directing

Steve Lanning

Assistant Director

David Tomblin

First Assistant Director

June Randall

Continuity

Roy Button

Assistant Director

Peter Waller

Assistant Director

Kamal Swaroop

Assistant Director

M. Shahjehan

Assistant Director

Bhisham Bhasin

Assistant Director

Julian Wall

Assistant Director

Govind Nihalani

Second Unit Director

U.S. Pani

Second Unit First Assistant Director

John Mathew Matthan

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Padma Iyer

Continuity

Editing

John Bloom

Editor

Chris Ridsdale

Assistant Editor

Alan Pattillo

Associate Editor

Mick Monks

Assistant Editor

Neil Farrell

Assistant Editor

Raj Kothari

Assistant Editor

Gary Beard

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Alan Martin

Electrician

Terry Goddard

Best Boy Electrician

Nobby Clark

Standby Rigger

Production

Michael Stanley-Evans

Executive Producer

Suresh Jindal

Associate Producer

Alexander De Grunwald

Production Manager

Shama Habibullah

Production Manager

Susie Figgis

Casting Director

Graham Ford

Location Manager

Sudesh Syal

Location Manager

Grania O'Shannon

Unit Manager

Gerry Levy

Unit Manager

Rashid Abbasi

Unit Manager

Nasir Abdullah

Assistant Unit Manager

P.V. Rao

Assistant Unit Manager

Lorna Mueller

Researcher

Terence A. Clegg

Executive In Charge Of Production

Rani Dubé

Co-Producer

Pat Howell

Key Accountant

Terry Mellis

Production Accountant

Jo Hannam

Assistant Accountant

E.R. Gopinathan

Assistant Accountant

Loretta Ordewer

Production Coordinator

Judi Bunn

Production Secretary

Clare Howard

Producer's Assistant

Sharlene Chatelier

Production Assistant

Eleanor Chaudhuri

Production Assistant

Dilshad Panday

Production Assistant

Diana Hawkins

Publicist

Dolly Thakore

Publicist

Soonu Ghadially

Publicist

Yog Batra

Extras Casting

Shailendra Goel

Extras Casting

Jill Mellis

Extras Casting

Devi Dutt

Assistant Production Manager

Rajiv Suri

Second Unit Location Manager

Sound

George Fenton

Original Music Composer

George Fenton

Conductor

Simon Kaye

Sound Recordist

Ravi Shankar

Original Music Composer

Taffy Haines

Sound Engineer

Jonathan Bates

Sound Editor

Gerry Humphreys

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robin O'Donoghue

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Richards

Sound Recordist

Archie Ludski

Dialogue Editor

Vijay Raghava Rao

Music Coordinator

Francis Silkstone

Music Coordinator

Nigel Davis

Boom Operator

Rajan Rajkhowa

Sound Assistant

Sultan Khan

Musician

Ashish Khan

Musician

Sharad Kumar

Musician

Ashit Desai

Musician

P. Desai

Musician

Writing

John Briley

Writer