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Mishra's Gandhi Film Explores Leader Beyond Saintly Image
Sudhir Mishra is making a film about Mahatma Gandhi.
It will focus on 21 days during India’s independence.
The film will show Gandhi as a person who questioned himself, rather than as a perfect saint.
Mishra says Gandhi listened to people who criticized him.
The story also looks at Gandhi’s decision to leave Delhi as it became a centre of power.
Manoj Bajpayee plays Gandhi.
Waheeda Rehman, Divya Dutta and Saurabh Shukla are also in the film.
The film does not yet have a title.
Sudhir Mishra says his upcoming film will portray Gandhi as a complex person, not a saint.
The yet-to-be-titled film focuses on 21 days in Gandhi’s life during India’s independence.
The story follows Gandhi as Delhi was emerging as the centre of power.
Mishra says the film explores Gandhi’s decision to walk away from Delhi.
Manoj Bajpayee plays Gandhi; the cast also includes Waheeda Rehman, Divya Dutta and Saurabh Shukla.
- Who
- Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra is making a film about Mahatma Gandhi, played by Manoj Bajpayee.
- What
- The untitled film explores 21 days in Gandhi’s life and presents him as a complex person rather than a saint.
- Where
- The film focuses in part on Delhi as it was becoming the centre of power.
- When
- The story is set during India’s independence; Mishra announced details in a post on Friday.
- Why
- Mishra says he wants to explore a lesser-known period in Gandhi’s life, including his decision to walk away from Delhi.
Key facts
- Filmmaker
- Sudhir Mishra
- Subject
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Story period
- 21 days during India’s independence
- Gandhi performer
- Manoj Bajpayee
- Other cast
- Waheeda Rehman, Divya Dutta and Saurabh Shukla
- Film title
- Not yet announced
- Production
- Anubhav and Narendra Hirawat under A Benaras Mediaworks Production; presented by NH Studioz
Quotes
Sudhir Mishra
Filmmaker and director of the upcoming Gandhi film.
“I’m making a film on Gandhi. About a time in his life that few understand but I am not a hagiographer, nor am I making this film simply because my mother told me to.”
telegraphindia.com
“What you will be watching is not a saint. That is the lie we tell so that we may sit still, and the sitting still is the crime.”
telegraphindia.com
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