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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...
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A turning point in Kingsley's career came with the historical biographical epic drama film Gandhi (1982), directed by Richard Attenborough, in which Kingsley played the titular role of the anti-colonialist activist and peacemaker Mahatma Gandhi.
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.
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.
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Feb 3, 2004 · Feb. 3, 2004. Few roles have been deemed worthy of the efforts of Sir Ben Kingsley, now 60, who for three decades has marked the screen indelibly as Gandhi, as a Jewish accountant during...
