List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, Devanāgarī: मोहन दास करमचन्द गान्धी, Romanized: mohandās karamcand gāndhī, IPA: [moːhənd̪aːs kərəmtʃənd̪ gaːnd̪ʱiː]) (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement and a pioneer of Satyagraha. He is commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi (Hindi: महात्मा, / məhatma /; from Sanskrit, Mahatma: Great Soul) or Bapu (in Gujarati, Father).
Gandhi has been portrayed in a number of films as well as on the stage. Some of the most notable films include Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) [1], The Making of the Mahatma (1996), and Gandhi (1982).
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[edit] Film
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Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
[edit] 21st century
- 2007: Gandhi, My Father: An upcoming film based upon the play, Mahatma vs. Gandhi. This play explores Gandhi's troubled relationship with his eldest son Harilal Gandhi. [2], [3], [4]
- 2006: Gandhi is portrayed by Dilip Prabhavalkar in the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. The film popularised Gandhism under the new term of Gandhigiri in India and won a number of awards including Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie.
- 2005: Gandhi is portrayed by Mohan Jhangiani (actor) and Zul Vilani (voice) who appears briefly in the film Water (the film was also turned into the book, Water: A Novel, by Bapsi Sidhwa).
- 2005: Mangal Pandey: The Rising, ends with newsreel footage featuring Gandhi.
- 2005: Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, tells the story of a retired Hindi professor, who, as he falls victim to Alzheimer's disease, begins to believe that he was accused of being the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.
- 2004: Swades, "epitomizes Gandhi's values" according to his great-grandson, Tushar Gandhi. [1]
- 2001: Gandhi is portrayed by Surendra Rajan in the film Veer Savarkar, about the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
- 2000: Gandhi is portrayed by Mohan Gokhale in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, which is based upon the life of B. R. Ambedkar.
- 2000: Gandhi is portrayed by Naseeruddin Shah in Hey Ram. A film made by Kamal Hasan, it portrays a would-be assassin of Gandhi and the dilemma faced by the would-be assassins in the turmoil of post-partition India.
[edit] 20th century
- 1998: Gandhi is portrayed by Sam Dastor in Jinnah, a biopic of the founder of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
- 1996: Gandhi is portrayed by Rajit Kapur in his award-winning role as a young Gandhi in The Making of the Mahatma, a Shyam Benegal film about Gandhi's 21 years in South Africa.
- 1993: Gandhi is portrayed by Annu Kapoor in the Ketan Mehta film Sardar which is about the life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. [5]
- 1982: Gandhi is portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the title role of the award-winning film, Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
[edit] Theater
- The opera Satyāgraha, composed by Philip Glass (in 1980), with a libretto by himself and Constance De Jong is based on Gandhi's experiences in South Africa.
- Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy (Marathi: This is Nathuram Godsé speaking) explores the rationale and circumstances in which Gandhi's murder was plotted and carried out.
[edit] Parodies and computer games
[edit] Computer games
- Mahatma Gandhi has been featured in the video game series Civilization, as a civilization leader of the Indian Civilization. He has appeared through the first three Civilization games as a lone Civilization leader, but in Civilization IV, Gandhi is a civilization leader alongside Asoka, the famous Indian Emperor.
- In Celebrity Deathmatch, Gandhi is pitted against Gengis Khan.
[edit] Parodies
- The short-lived MTV cartoon Clone High featured the clone of Gandhi as one of the main characters.
- The Family Guy movie features a cutaway of a portrayed Gandhi unsuccessfully doing stand-up comedy at a club.
- The cartoon Time Squad on Cartoon Network has an episode where Gandhi is portrayed as wanting to do tap dancing as a career, instead of leading India to independence.
- A gun-toting Gandhi is shown briefly in a parody trailer for "Gandhi II" in the comedy movie UHF in which he is described as "No more Mr. Passive Resistance".
- In The Old Man (an episode of the sitcom Seinfeld), Elaine visits an old woman who claims to have had an "affair with Mohandas".
- In The Simpsons episode Mountain of Madness Montgomery Burns hallucinates seeing Homer Simpson conspiring against him with Mahatma Gandhi and other historical characters. Also the episode Homer and Apu reveals Apu has a unique prayer said prior to eating: Good rice, good curry, good Gandhi, let's hurry.
- In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, during the scene where Kenny goes to hell, Gandhi is one of the ghosts seen speaking to Kenny.
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- Hey Ram! So many films on Gandhi! -The Telegraph
- Rediscovering a Gandhi film
- I'm pleased with Hirani's Gandhigiri,' says Gandhi's grandson
- How Gandhi Got His Mojo Back - Boston Globe
