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It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The biographical film covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a whites -only compartment and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948.
Aug 8, 2022 · In 1982, he immortalized Mahatma Gandhi’s life and works by portraying him in his breakout role. Here’s how Ben Kingsley changed Gandhi’s accent during the filming of the movie.
Jun 28, 2021 · June 28, 2021. — Ben Kingsley won two Golden Globes in 1983, as New Star of the Year and as best actors in a drama for Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough. In 1982 he talked to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press about playing the charismatic Indian leader.
Kingsley, whose father is of Indian descent, underwent extensive preparation for the role — reading biographies, studying photographs, shaving his head, and losing 20 pounds on Gandhi's very...
In film, Kingsley is known for his starring role as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982), for which he subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Various actors were considered over the years for the all-important title role, but the actor who was finally chosen, Ben Kingsley, makes the role so completely his own that there is a genuine feeling that the spirit of Gandhi is on the screen.
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Dec 13, 1982 · Although Mr. Kingsley has been acclaimed in Britain for roles ranging from Hamlet to the title part in Brecht's ''Baal,'' the 38-year-old actor is little known in the United States. That should...
