Gandhi Reviews and Ratings


  • Skemper698
    September 20, 2009
    Skemper698
    Wow. What a powerful and touching story. I loved this movie and if you are looking for a film about Hindu History this movie definitely does justice for Gandhi's story and the great change he provoked. I enjoyed watching this film that furthered my knowledge of what Gandhi did fo...( read more)r the Hindu people and women. Gandhi was appalled when he was on the train and the officers confronted him about being colored. I love the way Gandhi stood his ground and did not give into what the officers were saying, which would have lowered his self esteem. I hate the way the officers treated him and through him of the train. All the things Gandhi went though to gain rights or the Hindu and women ranged from being imprisoned, mistreated every day and even getting beaten badly to where he had to be hospitalized. But what was so fantastic about it was that he never gave up and always proved his point no matter what and he was willing to die for this cause. What Gandhi did was an amazing thing and I recommend this movie to all interested. In the end he accomplished gaining equal rights, but a women said he felt as if he had not accomplished anything which I think Gandhi should be extremely proud of what he did.
    It is obvious that this movie definitely relates to the class world religions. First of all the movie is about the history of the Hindu people. And there is an entire chapter about Hinduism in the world religions text book.Second of all when learning about Hinduism it is important to know Gandhi's story so you understand what he did or the Hindus and how remarkable his story is. Watching this movie helps you to get a glimpse of what went on during that particular time period for the Hindus and how they were mistreated.
  • celticsGIRLALLEN20
    September 20, 2009
    celticsGIRLALLEN20
    This movie covers the life of Mohandas Gandhi between the ages of 23
    to around 50 years old. Mohandas Gandhi was a strong man that believed in
    equality and freedom without using violent forces. The movie begins in
    January 30 1948 in South Africa. At this time, Gandhi is a la...( read more)wyer fighting
    against Asian discremination in Afica. He does this for twenty years.It was
    at this time that Gandhi adopted his nonviolent ways.

    Gandhi's journey then takes place in India. Gandhi tries to get Britian to grant India thier freedom. The movie takes you all over India. While you are learning about this amazing, influential man, you learn about India as well. Gandhi teaches of political unification and peace as well as religious freedom. Everyone in India, all Hindu people took to Gandhi. They even refer to Gandhi as Mahatma which means "great-souled". India splits in to two seperate regions on the verge of their independence. In 1947 Britian grants India their freedom. Gandhi's vision of religious peace did not work though. The Muslims of India were forced in to a seperate area, making their own country, Pakistan. Gandhi continued to travel and meet with powerful leaders and promote peace. On the third visit, Mohandas Gandhi was shot by a Hindu.

    Gandhi's teachings of controling one's self and doing things God's way has inspired many non-violent movements in the world. Gandhi started the modern belief of religious tolerance. Gandhi, the flim, has a lot to do with the Hindu world. First of all, Gandhi was Hindu. It gives us an in-depth look at the influence of Hinduism. Gandhi personally believed that Hinduism was the most tolerant of the religions. Gandhi's life practices of Hinduism gave me a deatiled account of the religion. India is a very poverished country and religion is very big there. Most of the time, one of the only things that you have. The greeting of putting two hands together and bowing was interesting. This movie really touched me and I think that the modern day leaders of this world so all come together and watch it in the same room. It would do a lot of good for the world.
  • crazyandtired
    September 20, 2009
    crazyandtired
    Gandhi
    Mahatma Gandhi got his start in South Africa where Hindus couldn?t walk along side the Europeans on the sidewalk. The Hindus had to carry passes at all times. For example, if a European hired an Indian attorney they could not walk together on the road. Gandhi challenged ...( read more)this with Charlie Andrews. Gandhi started speaking out so Jan Christian Smuts signed a new piece of legislation stating that all Indians must be fingerprinted, no marriage other than Christian, and the wives and mothers were whores who could be taken and used by policeman at will. Gandhi continued to speak of non violence and union-ship of all people. Gandhi took an oath to not submit to the laws of the Europeans. He led marches with the mine workers to free comrades by lying down to avoid being trampled on by the horsemen. Since Gandhi raised so much attention the old legislation was investigated and future immigration was stopped. Gandhi at this time is imprisoned. Gandhi agrees and goes back to India in 1915 during the war. Gandhi was once a lawyer and dressed as one, but since imprisonment he dressed as his commands in white loincloths. Everyone started giving Gandhi names like the father of the nation. He was uncomfortable for he was a simple man. Mahatma started a news paper by doing lawyer work. Gandhi traveled around India to get a better knowledge of the people. He felt talking in India didn?t affect the rest of the world, that they were untouched. Times got ruff with England telling India to plant indigo and no one around the world buying from them. Gandhi gets imprisoned again for speaking out. He asked the governor to get reimbursement for rent and a choice to grow whatever they wanted. A day of prayer and fasting was honored. The British led their army to a crowd speaking out and killed one thousand five hundred and sixteen people. Gandhi asked British administration to remove untouchability from their hearts and lives. Salt was created at the sea by the Hindus as a representation that they were in charge of themselves. Gandhi?s kidneys started failing and while in a crowd a man shot Gandhi. This relates to world religion in the since that with the Hindus and Muslims being told what to do and what to grow. The British dictated the Indians lives. The Indians had to conform to other beliefs. This is like when the British said no marriages but Christian ones.
  • aedorraugh
    September 20, 2009
    aedorraugh
    The film beings with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. His funeral is shown where thousands of people gather to mourn his death. The movie flashes back to a young Gandhi. Gandhi, an attorney, is on a train to South Africa. Here, he experiences his first account of racism b...( read more)ecause he is an Indian who holds a first class ticket. He is baffled that he is told he must move to third class of he will be thrown off of the train. Once he reaches his destination, he begins his quest for racial equality. His first arrest occurs because he organizes a peaceful gathering of people to educate them on his intentions and how to achieve them. He makes a statement by burning passes that all Indians are required to carry. Though he is told he will be arrested for burning the passes, he does so anyway. He sees the passes as what sets Indians apart from the rest of society. They were signs of racism. Gandhi burns several of them and in return, he is beaten and arrested. Gandhi becomes an incredible speaker, spreading the injustices that Indians suffer. He gains great support from his Indian, Muslim and Hindu people living in South Africa. He expresses the need to fight, but fight passively. He demands that no one will strike another or kill another though it is likely to happen to them. He is aware of the fate he and others may suffer. He never loses sight of what needs to be done. He knows that passive protest speaks louder than violence. This movie chronicles protests and movements lead by Mahatma Gandhi in order to bring peace and quality in South Africa. The struggle that Gandhi and his many supporters experience is well depicted and difficult to watch. There is great suffering endured by the people to achieve what seems like an impossible outcome. Through all of the arrests, criticism, and beatings, Gandhi's vision is finally realized. Mahatma Gandhi was an incredible person who made his mark in history and will forever be remembered for it. This film related to world religions because he worked hard to change history for the better. Gandhi lead a passive aggressive movement to abolish "unaccountability" The term "untouchable" was given to the lowest of the caste system that deemed those people as outcasts (99). This was a stigma that needed to be erased from South African history. Mahatma Gandhi's felt his purpose in life was to encourage an emphasis that the people's strength lay in the awareness of spiritual truth and in the non-violent resistance to oppression (109). He believed that these characteristics reflected the essence of all religions, including Hinduism, which he considered to be the universal religion. For this reason, Gandhi impacted world religion like no other. His ideas had meaning not just to Hindu or Muslim people, but to everyone no matter what religion. His words had no limit and are highly regarded today. Mahatma means "Great Soul" and I can think of no other name more suitable.
  • adamsmildred
    September 19, 2009
    adamsmildred
    The Gandhi movie was enlightening. This movie shows what a private, wise, and simple man Gandhi was. On his way from England he personally went through an episode discrimination. He was thrown off the train for refusing to give up his first class seat for a second class seat. Thi...( read more)s changed his life forever. After this event, Gandhi?s eyes were opened.
    He then started to see that there was discrimination and oppression in the world, especially in India. He then joined a group that led him to decide to protest British oppression of the Indian people. Instead of turning to violence he chose to take the no violent approach. He figured that he could win his peoples independence without having to kill anyone. Gandhi therefore gave up the restrictions of the world and went on a peaceful protest. Despite how much force and whatever happened to him he never gave up his peacefulness.
    This movie shows how ones religion can influence and strengthen them. Through what ever Gandhi went through he always stayed true to his faith. Without it he would not have been able to make it though being in jail for all those years. While he was in Jail his followers protested him being there by going on a strike. That in turn led to hundreds of Indians being killed. Evan after that Gandhi stayed true to his belief that violence was not the way. He continued to preach non-violent ways.
    Finally, his non-violent ways paid off. He was released from prison, and his people were freed of British control. Staying to his religion he accepted winning the ?war?, but left the spoils. Instead his family went back to their home town and lived a simple life.
  • stevino05
    September 18, 2009
    stevino05
    Director Richard Allenborough out did himself with his 1982 release of the film Gandhi. This historic drama won eight Oscars and 26 other awards. It was also nominated for 16 others. This is mainly due to Ben Kingsley?s display of Gandhi as a role model not only for India, but al...( read more)so the entire world. During the film you forget you?re watching a movie and witness the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi from his early beginning travels to his assassination. His growth and development first starts when he refuses to be mistreated because of his skin color in South Africa. This ignited Gandhi?s passion for creating equal rights for all people, regardless of their race, culture, and creed. Gandhi returns to India seeking independence from Britain with a nonviolent protest movement. No matter how hard he is beat down in the process; he gets back up and keeps moving without raising a fist in anger. People throughout India join in and confuse the British because they have never seen a protest without violence. Not only are the people of India taking notice, reports have spread his movement throughout the world and his supporters grow in number. All though Gandhi preached nonviolent action some of his supporters didn?t feel the same way and retaliated against a unified India. Gandhi chose to fast to stop the violence between the Muslim?s and Hindu?s. Gandhi would prove you don?t have to be a ruler of vast lands, but a ?little brown man? in loin cloth could take on the British empire and stand for freedom of a nation.
  • melissabranch
    September 18, 2009
    melissabranch
    The movie Gandhi is about a man who went to South Africa. Although he was an attorney, and passed the bar in London, he was not accepted in this country. He began to realize this when he was on the train on the way down there. He was told at first to move to another seating ar...( read more)ea and then he was thrown off the train altogether. After arriving in South Africa, he also realized that Indians were discriminated against by the British rulers of the country and by the local police. He began trying to get the Indian people to stick together and fight for their rights. He was beaten and sent to jail many times for standing up to the police and the government. His refusal to comply with a new law that stated Indians were to be fingerprinted and their marriages weren?t legal got him sent to prison. However, the law was repealed due to the attention his imprisonment received. He then realized that if he stood up for his people, the government may listen and change their minds. His main goal was for India to have their own rule and not be ruled under British Government. He then traveled throughout the countryside of India to document the bad ways his people were being treated. His stubborn attitude and deep love for his people never wavered. He marched everywhere wearing a type of loincloth that was made by Indian women or made by him. He finally got the attention of the right people when he was invited to an all government conference in London. From then on he was taken more seriously, and he ultimately got what he wanted. India was finally freed from British rule and left to govern themselves. This movie taught me a lot about Hinduism. Although the main theme of the movie was political unrest, there were a lot of references to Hinduism. His disregard for earthly possessions, his thoughts that ?poverty is the worst form of violence?, the way he treated the animals he came in contact with all displayed his beliefs. Also his wife was a follower of him and believed in him until she died in prison. It was also mentioned in the movie that the Hindu way of life was to give up all possessions and passions. His wife said he had ?given up married life four times ?One of my favorite lines in the movie is when he says ?an eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind?. For a man who led such a wonderful, peace-seeking life, he died at the hands of a murderer on his way to say prayers in the garden one morning. Mahatma (Great Soul) Gandhi?s last words were ?Oh God, oh God? when he was assassinated in 1948.
  • callyboy
    September 3, 2009
    callyboy
    Powerful epic biopic with great acting, dramatic scenes and shocking violence. Consistently enthralling for a whole three hours, it has the inspirational story of a great man turned into a fantastic screenplay. Deservedly won the Best Picture Oscar, as well as various other Acade...( read more)my Awards, the year it was made in.
  • twraiderfan
    August 26, 2009
    twraiderfan
    powerful movie..thought provoking
  • Spacemonkey247
    August 22, 2009
    Spacemonkey247
    a amazing story. although it was a little long it never lose its wonder of what a astounding man he was
  • Kindwolf
    August 19, 2009
    Kindwolf
    Excellent and Fantastic Movie
  • DEECAY
    August 18, 2009
    DEECAY
    Good movie...Good Man...
  • jayesvas
    August 16, 2009
    jayesvas
    The movie which was watched with awe and pain when I was at school. The concluding scene stayed in my memory for a very long time.
  • sharmaradhika4
    August 16, 2009
    sharmaradhika4
    amaizinglly done movie
  • DarkHarmony
    August 15, 2009
    DarkHarmony
    Sensational , Superb , Mind blowing and all the other synonyms of these. A true masterpiece of a film portraying the biography of the freedom fighter and a world icon , Mohandas K. Gandhi a.k.a. Bapu. The films starts out with a scene where Bapu gets assassinated and then zooms...( read more) back in the past to the train journey in south africa that changed it all. Bapu battling against some unjust racist laws in SA starts his life life as a reformer after being a victim of racism .. but only through non violence without laying a single hand on officials. From there on his journey to India, the Champaran Satyagraha , Non Co-peration Movement , Civil Disobedience Movement , Hindu Muslim fallout , his extreme fasting and ultimately his assassination all passes by like a dillusion created by Ben Kingsley's superb acting. Through out his struggle for the Independence of India he believed thet all the struglle is for a right cause and should be achieved by only right means. But after failing to stop the partitioniong of the country he is ultimately assassinated .





    Great direction byRichard Attenborough and the the film is slow paced it never fails to lose its grip on the viewers. A total epic. A weel deserved 8 oscars.
  • rambo360
    August 11, 2009
    rambo360
    THE BEST FILM EVER IT WAS ABOUT GANDHI AND I LIKED THAT MAN VERY MUCH AND FILM WAS FANTSTIC MOVIE BEST PICTURE 1982
  • samanthaseaotter
    August 4, 2009
    samanthaseaotter
    Fantastic biopic on a fascinating man. Nearly every speaking role is played by an actor of great caliber and renown. Ben Kingsley was the ideal choice to play Gandhi - apparently when the filmed in India, many people were floored by the resemblance.

    Sensational biopic, a good i...( read more)ntroduction to the accomplishments made by a gentle man of intelligence and compassion.
  • makaranddongare
    July 22, 2009
    makaranddongare
    Legendary Film of Legendary Indian

    An eye for eye makes the whole world blind
  • salevr86
    July 20, 2009
    salevr86
    Ashamed I haven't seen it yet.
  • webalina
    July 6, 2009
    webalina
    I guess technically you could say that this is a good movie, but I've spent more entertaining hours watching my dog play with a bug. Bored the snot out of me.
  • jetty2728
    June 16, 2009
    jetty2728
    In the opening, filmmakers shows their difficulties to tell the story of Gandhi in a single feature-film.
    But after I watch the movie, I think they did a good job!!!
    The script is well-written, every essence and important part of his life is well-portrayed.
    Ben Kingsley's best...( read more) movie in his career, he is the best choice for this role!
    Eventhough this movie is the multi-awards winner, but personally I think the cinematic elements are just average.
    They could have make it sounds bigger!!!
  • Zibbs
    June 10, 2009
    Zibbs
    "When we most needed it, he offered the world a way out of Madness."

    "I know a way out of Hell. Find a child, a child whose mother and father have been killed, and raise him as your own. Only be sure that he is a Muslim and that you raise him as one."

    "Mahatma Gandhi had become...( read more) the spokesman for the conscience of mankind, a man who made humility and simple truth more powerful than empires." - General George C. Marshall
  • jekoaguado
    June 9, 2009
    jekoaguado
    Very beautiful film! You learn alot from this film. A very nice drama. Also, great acting from Ben Kingsley.
  • rainonjune
    June 7, 2009
    rainonjune
    Biographical epic on the life of MOHANDAS K GANDHI, a proponent of peaceful revolution.....
  • AusChic
    June 2, 2009
    AusChic
    If your into Ghandi, you'd enjoy this movie, its not bad.
  • Dracula787
    May 16, 2009
    Dracula787
    I?ve had a pretty low opinion of this film for years, probably because I had a pretty bad attitude when I first saw it. Watching it now with less of a chip on my shoulder, I think it works pretty well. Ben Kingsley is really pretty damn good here, he?s doing a great impression ...( read more)but does it in a way that doesn?t feel like an impression, that?s a pretty big achievement alone. The rest of the film is a really ambitious epic. It desperately wants to be Lawrence of Arabia (it?s structure is ripped right from that David Lean epic), and it never reaches the heights of that film, but there are worse ambitions to aspire to than that. Richard Attenborough is clearly very good at assembling obscene numbers of extras, but never loses sight of the man at the center of the film. The dialogue effectively delivers historical exposition without being clunky. It?s good stuff, I?m glad I stopped being a hater and picked this Blu-Ray up.
  • luckystar13sporty
    May 12, 2009
    luckystar13sporty
    Want to watch it so badly!!
  • denajopavlovic
    April 16, 2009
    denajopavlovic
    Just a superb film. Ben Kingsley is amazing! Martin Sheen is wonderful-the whole cast is really just great. A very emotional film-don't watch when you're looking for something light and funny.
  • MissMarvel81
    April 15, 2009
    MissMarvel81
    OMG! he looks lyk gandhi! watched it n skool...wasnt really paying attention so dont kno wat 2 rate it...
  • GustafAronsson
    April 5, 2009
    GustafAronsson
    Ben Kingsley is amazing as the spiritual leader Mohandas Gandhi in this fantastic movie. I don't know if it's historically accurate, but it doesn't matter.
  • rew69er
    April 3, 2009
    rew69er
    not bad but a bit uneventful
  • disturbiafan
    April 3, 2009
    disturbiafan
    this movie is truly epic, it was breathtaking and amazing. a bit dull at times, but also unintentionally humorous n others. realistic and truly remarkable. grateful for chance of getting to watch this movie. beautifully done, and kingsley was nothing short of majestic.
  • kattnnip
    April 2, 2009
    kattnnip
    Great Movie!! Recommend it to anyone.
  • merlynsprankling
    March 30, 2009
    merlynsprankling
    Richard Attenborough's film focuses on the powerful convictions of the lawyer who led the nonviolent revolt against the British in the years following Wordl War 1. The biopic is a sweeping account of the life and times of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the saintly, pacifist father of modern...( read more) India.

    The film opens at the funeral of Gandhi, followed by his life in chronological backflashes, focusing on the passive resistance that became the trademark of his struggle for independence from Britain.

    The three-plus-hour epic is indeed faithful to the historical records of Gandhi's achievements and his revolutionary adherence to nonviolence as a powerful political weapon. At the same time, Attenborough almost avoids the heart of the man, choosing to beatify Gandhi instead. In this movie, Gandhi is the Mahatma--the "Great Soul"--but never Gandhi the Man.

    At the center of the film is Ben Kingsley's riveting performance as Gandi. Kingsley is an Anglo-Indian, born Krishna Banji in 1944 in England. The film took him to India for the first time, yet he ensured that he gave his performance an extra dimension by immersing himself in Gandhi's way of life, like sitting cross-legged on a mat, following his diet and practising yoga.

    The flick was created before the era of computer-generated images, yet the film's brilliantly directed and photographed, movingly told, and convincingly performed by an exceptional cast.

    Shot mostly on location in India, it features thousand of real extras with lavish details. With Gandi, Attenborough proved that epics on the scale of Ben Hur were still possible in the eighties, and that historical epics would always have a place in cinema.

    In the film, however, Gandhi's assassination seems to come out of the blue--we're not told that there was a bombing attempt on his life just a few weeks earlier.

    Reading between the lines, it's apparent that Gandi's religious openness wasn't anything that most Hindus or Muslims were interested in sharing. Not even his devotion to the cause of India's "untouchables."

    Gandhi became a hero to the people of India not because of his elevated spirituality or his enlightened pacifism. They loved him because he took no notice from the British by defying their Anglo-Saxons' rules, and the Indian population bought into his nonviolence program because it worked!

    The sad reality is that on the same day that Britain granted India independence, the country was split in two. Jinnah's dream of a Muslim state, Pakistan, was fulfilled.

    Attenborough, who'd struggled to make this biopic film for 20 years, sought to resurrect the man for a modern generation. The resulting film won nine Oscars, including Bes Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.
  • mondopimp
    March 29, 2009
    mondopimp
    Great movie and whoever played Ghandi did a terrific job.
  • Tetsuo8
    March 27, 2009
    Tetsuo8
    a moving film, if you are not touched by this film, you are a robot.
  • sagapart12
    March 6, 2009
    sagapart12
    An excellent film that will most likely reach my top ten films one should watch in his lifetime. My only concern is that I struggle to separate my review of this film from simply the power of this story, and this person. Excellent job by Ben Kingsley nonetheless.
  • berigan
    March 4, 2009
    berigan
    Good film, great performances, and has the "British Epic" written all over it.
  • AshSuicide
    February 28, 2009
    AshSuicide
    Kinda awful.

    But historical.

    So, interesting.
  • andreizisgigi
    February 25, 2009
    andreizisgigi
    everybody should learn from him
  • malacaynomuerto
    February 20, 2009
    malacaynomuerto
    mm pues visualmente esta muy bien y es una peli biográfica en teoría debería encantarme pero no se esta como que no atrapa y se olvida fácilmente
  • kanokaan
    February 14, 2009
    kanokaan
    Another clasic movie! and of course its great.Anotther perfecto acting and make-up.i wanted to watch it since last year.finally i watched it and not dissapointed.i didnt believe when they said "its Ben Kingsley's first movie." and it isnt.but this is his only fifth movie.His acti...( read more)ng was so Perfecto as Gandhi.and make-up was great too.but it has some heavy dialogs and story went too fast in the beginning.anyway it is a great movie.watch it,enjoy it.

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