--- title: 'Gandhi (1982)' type: 'film' director: 'Richard Attenborough' released: '1982-11-30' runtime_minutes: 181 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'India' - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gandhi-1982' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Gandhi (1982) 1982 · PG · 181 min · Drama, History · India, United Kingdom ## Synopsis 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, 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. Over 300,000 extras appeared in the film, believed to be the most in any film made. ## Credits - **Director:** [Richard Attenborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-attenborough) - **Producer:** [Richard Attenborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-attenborough) - **Screenplay:** [John Briley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-briley) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ravi Shankar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ravi-shankar), [George Fenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-fenton) - **Director of Photography:** [Billy Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-williams), [Ronnie Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronnie-taylor) - **Editor:** [John Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bloom) ## Cast - [Tom Alter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-alter) as a doctor - [John Savident](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-savident) as manager of the mine - [Shriram Lagoo](https://cinepixo.com/people/shriram-lagoo) as Gopal Krishna Gokhale - [Supriya Pathak](https://cinepixo.com/people/supriya-pathak) as Manu - [Shane Rimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-rimmer) as the commentator on Gandhi's death - [Pradeep Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pradeep-kumar) as Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon - [Marius Weyers](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-weyers) - [Ian Bannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-bannen) as senior officer Fields - [Ken Hutchison](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-hutchison) - [Winston Ntshona](https://cinepixo.com/people/winston-ntshona) - [John Ratzenberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ratzenberger) as American driver for Bourke-White - [Martin Sheen](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-sheen) as Webb Miller - [Pankaj Kapur](https://cinepixo.com/people/pankaj-kapur) as Pyarelal Nayyar - [Dalip Tahil](https://cinepixo.com/people/dalip-tahil) as Zia - [Habib Tanvir](https://cinepixo.com/people/habib-tanvir) as Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/gandhi-1982 Film facts: Wikidata (Q202211); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.