Gandhi
1982 film by Richard Attenborough · Released November 30, 1982
Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough and written by John Briley. It is based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi (portrayed by Ben Kingsley), a major leader in the Indian independence movement against the British Empire during the 20th century. It covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a train in the Colony of Natal for being in a whites-only compartment and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu, Gandhi's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted.
Cast ages when filming began (November 26, 1980)
- Ben Kingsley, as Mahatma Gandhi: 36
- Candice Bergen, as Margaret Bourke-White: 34
- Edward Fox, as Brigadier General Reginald Dyer: 43
- John Gielgud, as Viceroy Lord Irwin: 76
- Trevor Howard, as Justice Robert Stonehouse Broomfield: 67
- John Mills, as Viceroy Lord Chelmsford: 72
- Martin Sheen, as Vince Walker: 40
- Ian Charleson, as Charles Freer Andrews: 31
- Athol Fugard, as General Jan Smuts: 48
- Amrish Puri, as Dada Abdulla Hajee Adab: 48
- Roshan Seth, as Jawaharlal Nehru: 38
- Rohini Hattangadi, as Kasturba Gandhi: 25
- Ian Bannen, as senior officer Fields: 52
- Richard Griffiths, as Collins: 33
- Nigel Hawthorne, as Mr Kinnoch: 51
- Michael Hordern, as Sir George Hodge: 69
- Om Puri, as Nahari: 31
- Günther Maria Halmer, as Hermann Kallenbach: 37
- Saeed Jaffrey, as Vallabhbhai Patel: 51
- Geraldine James, as Mirabehn: 30
- Richard Vernon, as Sir Edward Gait: 55
- Shane Rimmer, as Edward R. Murrow: 51
- Daniel Day-Lewis, as Colin: 23
- Mohan Agashe, as Tyeb Mohammad's associate: 33
- Bernard Hill, as Sergeant Putnam: 35