Gandhi

The car burned in the Calcutta riot scenes (some time between 1946 and 1948) is an Ambassador, an Indian-made copy of a 1954 Morris Oxford.

When 'Mohandas K.

Gandhi' (qv) is escorted into the office of the top prison official, the pendulum on the grandfather clock in the background jumps between shots.

In the massacre scene Gen.

Dyer is pacing back and forth between the two rows of firing soldiers.

Right before the cut to the crowd he steps in front of a standing soldier firing.

While it is true that electricity was unavailable to most Indian villages during 'Mohandas K.

Gandhi' (qv)'s lifetime, it can be expected that poles supporting what seem to be power lines along the railroad right-of-way during Gandhi's tour of India are instead supporting telegraph lines, some of which were in place as early as the 1850s.

In the movie, The South African police were shown both arresting and beating 'Mohandas K.

Gandhi' (qv) for burning passes during his protest of the Pass Law.

Although Gandhi and his fellow protesters were arrested for burning the passes, in reality neither Gandhi or any of the protesters were ever beaten by the police during the protest.

Lord Irwin, in real life, was born with a withered left arm with no hand.

However, he is shown several times in the movie with both a left and right hand.

The standing lamp on the right of the screen next to the Judge Broomfield moved to the right when the Judge says "nevertheless, it is my duty.

In the scene at the cricket match, there are 12 fielders on the pitch (4 leg-side, 6 off-side, plus bowler & keeper.

) In the scene where the Pakistani flag is being raised for the first time, the anthem that is playing is the current national anthem of Pakistan ("Qaumi Tarana").

The original national anthem of Pakistan was a different song (written by a Hindu), which was written days prior to the ceremony and only lasted 18 months as Pakistan's anthem.

In the opening scene in South Africa, 'Mohandas K.

Gandhi' (qv) is riding first class on a steam locomotive.

The first class car is shown as the forward car, closest to the engine.

In passenger steam engines, first class would be the rearmost car, farthest away from the engine's heat and exhaust.

Second or third class would be nearest the engine.

(at around 2h 20 mins) Footage of a speeding steam train is shown during Gandhi's visit to Britain in 1931.

There were then only four railway companies in the UK, LMS, LNER, SR and GWR, all of whom proudly displayed their initials on their engine tenders.

In the footage, however, there is only the smudge like the logo of British Rail, not formed until 1948.

The Hoisting of the Indian Flag on independence is shown to happen in broad daylight when in reality, it took place at Midnight.

Albert Einstein said about Gandhi : "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood".Well, I believe a soul so generous in goodness and capable of intelligent humility ever graced the face of the Earth and enriched our universal History's heritage, I sincerely do.

The opening titles of Richard Attenborough's patchy, but irregardless rather accomplished, 1982 biopic Gandhi, a film detailing that of the famous titular Indian, outlines that it doesn't believe a text, indeed a retelling, of his life, through whatever means, "....will ever amount to what is most definitely required to do justice to what he achieved".

For childhood I used to hear about the great Mahatma Gandhi. I grown up with with Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy.

Seems to hurry through the history despite the film's length. A tour de force for Ben Kingsley.

Ben Kingsly plays real life Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi in one of the best performances in screen history, richly deserving his best actor Academy Award, and the film itself won Best Picture, with Richard Attenborough winning best director.Film details how Gandhi went from a young lawyer who leads the campaign for Indian rights in British ruled South Africa after he is shamefully thrown off a train because he wasn't allowed to travel first class(despite his ticket).

My World Religions teacher showed this movie to us in class last year while we were learning about the Islamic religion. At first, I didn't think this movie would be too interesting.

Beautiful movie. I learned quite a lot and it contains a lot of wonderful quotes worth remembering.

It appears as though I am in the minority of many reviewers of this film, in that I didn't care much for it. Perhaps, after a second viewing, I would find more to appreciate about this film.

After years of review reading today I finally registered with IMDb.I wanted my first post to be dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, and to the film which richly portrayed him as the great soul he was.