The Congress came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday after he said that the world got to know about Mahatma Gandhi only after the 1982 film ‘Gandhi’. In an interview with news ...

Richard Attenborough, the director of the film Gandhi (1982) begins his book, In Search of Gandhi (1982), with the words, “I carried ‘Panditji’ — as I eventually came to know him — home in my arms.” ...

There have been several Bollywood films that showcase the themes of India’s freedom struggle. Notable examples include Gandhi and The Legend of Bhagat Singh. There's one figure who appears frequently ...

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a TV channel on Wednesday (May 29), “Nobody knew Mahatma Gandhi…The world got curious only after a film was made on his life,” he was partly echoing what the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark on Gandhi and the 1982 film sparks social media reactions, citing Gandhi's global encounters before the movie release. On X, Sen posed the question, “If indeed no ...

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi triggered a social media storm with his remarks that the world did not know about Mahatma Gandhi until the 1982 movie Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough came ...

For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a "sinful technology". It is that very medium which has become the message of the Mahatma's life and philosophy. From biopics like ...

Indian studio Applause Entertainment‘s upcoming big-budget series “Gandhi” aims to humanize the Mahatma. The benchmark for on-screen depictions of Gandhi remains Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” (1982) ...

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Seeing a huge demand for the books on Mahatma Gandhi by film goers outside Regal Cinema in Colaba after the film’s release, Somaiya and his co-workers set up the bookshop within the office of the ...