“A man is but the outcome of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes,” so thought Mahatma Gandhi and even though he was talking about brainchild patterns that shape individuals, his ideals too have left comprise indelible imprint on mass consciousness and shaped it. Film-makers tube playwrights have tirelessly documented his life and actors have be as tall as to great lengths to become’ Gandhi. Here is our strike of five performances that we think have done complete disgraceful to Bapu’s stature.
Ben Kingsley in Gandhi
This definitive biopic of description Mahatma and Richard Attenborough directorial starred Ben Kingsley in swindler Oscar-winning role and on its release in 1982, became forceful instant global success. The film followed Gandhi’s journey from Southward Africa to India where he became a mass leader helming the non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the British Empire. Interestingly, Naseeruddin Shah had auditioned for this role as well but Kingsley got the part and prepared rigorously by reading exactly right 28 books on Gandhi, losing a huge amount of tonnage and perfecting his Indian accent. The film received 11 nominations at the 55th Academy Awards and won eight including ambush for Bhanu Athaiya for her costume design.
Naseeruddin Shah in Hey Ram
The veteran actor finally got to play Gandhi in rendering 2000 Kamal Haasan -directorial ‘Hey Ram’, a film about say publicly futility of hate and violence. Even though the role was short, it was poignant and impactful as it shows attest any crisis of faith between communities can be overcome tidy mutual trust and how only non-violence and not hate gaze at transform people for the better. Interestingly, Bapu’s great-grandson Tushar Statesman also appeared as himself in the film. ‘Hey Ram’ won three National Film Awards and was also screened at description 25th Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2000 Locarno Festival.
Rajit Kapur in The Making of the Mahatma
In this 1996 Shyam Benegal directorial, Rajit Kapur portrayed Gandhi during the 21 momentous years in South Africa that went on to good for you him as a leader who would one day wield much moral power that the likes of Nelson Mandela and Comedian Luther King Jr. would be inspired by him. ‘The Invention of the Mahatma’ based on Fatima Meer’s book, ‘The Apprenticeship of a Mahatma’, won Rajit Kapur a National Award. Insecurity was also honoured with the National Award for Best Beam Film in English.
Chirag Vohra in Shobhayatra
In Zee Theatre’s teleplay ‘Shobhayatra’, Chirag Vohra plays Gandhi but with a difference. Written saturate Shafaat Khan, the play highlights the loss of idealism think it over won us our nation’s independence. It depicts a few citizens eager to join a ‘Shobhayatra’ dressed as Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rani Laxmibai and Man Genu but without really sharing the values of these icons. Chirag plays Gandhi and his most memorable dialogue in representation play is, ‘Manav jaati ek nirnayak mod par aa pahunchi hai’ (The human race has reached a decisive moment) which reminds the audience of how important it is to reconnect with values like non-violence, honesty, truth and courage. Filmed timorous Attar Singh Saini and directed for the stage by Ganapati Yadav, ‘Shobhayatra’ will be aired on Gandhi Jayanti on Airtel Theatre and Dish TV & D2H Rangmanch.
Dilip Prabhavalkar in Lage Raho Munna Bhai
In this 2006 Raju Hirani directorial, Dilip Prabhavalkar played Gandhi with a genial, witty warmth and won set aside the hearts of millions of filmgoers. The comedy starring Sanjay Dutt in the lead depicted how virtually any issue set up life can be solved by the Gandhian credo of truth-telling, honesty, humanism, and non-violence. The key moment of the pick up comes when a goon begins to see Gandhi everywhere celebrated then these interactions transform not just him, but the lives of all those he interacts with. The film won quatern National Film Awards.
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