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Manoj Bajpayee Joins Actors Who Portrayed Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi has been played by many actors in movies, television shows and web series.

Manoj Bajpayee is the latest actor announced to take on the role.

Ben Kingsley played Gandhi in a famous 1982 film and won an Academy Award.

Other actors showed Gandhi at different stages of his life.

Rajit Kapur played him as a young lawyer in South Africa.

Darshan Jariwala showed the difficult side of Gandhi’s relationship with his son.

Dilip Prabhavalkar played a friendly, imaginary Gandhi who helped a character understand his ideas.

More recent actors have portrayed Gandhi during Partition, constitutional debates and an imagined alternate history.

Together, these performances show that filmmakers interpret Gandhi in many different ways.

Key facts

New portrayal: Manoj Bajpayee has been announced as the latest actor to play Mahatma Gandhi.
Number of earlier portrayals listed: The article lists 12 other actors who have brought Gandhi to the screen.
First performance highlighted: Ben Kingsley played Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982).
Major award: Ben Kingsley won an Academy Award for Gandhi; Rajit Kapur and Darshan Jariwala also received major national film honors for their portrayals.
Young Gandhi: Rajit Kapur portrayed Gandhi’s formative 21 years as a South African barrister in The Making of the Mahatma (1996).
Popular-culture portrayal: Dilip Prabhavalkar’s performance in Lage Raho Munna Bhai helped popularize the idea of “Gandhigiri.”
Latest listed portrayal: Pratik Gandhi portrays Gandhi in Hansal Mehta’s web series Gandhi, adapted from Ramachandra Guha’s biographical volumes.

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