Ben Kingsley
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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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.
- $127.8 million
- Richard Attenborough
- $22 million
Feb 25, 1983 · Gandhi: Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Ben Kingsley, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth, Candice Bergen. The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
- (238K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Richard Attenborough
- 1983-02-25
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.
Roger Ebert praises the epic film "Gandhi" as a human story of the Indian leader's nonviolent resistance against the British Empire. He praises Ben Kingsley's powerful and dignified performance as Gandhi, who stands by his moral principles and his wife in a historical record of the Indian freedom movement.
This acclaimed biographical drama presents major events in the life of Mohandas Gandhi (Ben Kingsley), the beloved Indian leader who stood against British rule over his country.
- (111)
- Richard Attenborough
- PG
- Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley stars as the diminutive attorney who stood up against British rule in India and became a global symbol of nonviolence and understanding. Watch trailers & learn more.
Jun 1, 2020 · Richard Attenborough’s epic, starring Ben Kingsley as a speechifying version of the Indian independence hero, takes some breathtaking liberties with history.
