List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, Hindi: मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी, IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhī, IPA: [mohən̪d̪as kərəmtʃən̪d̪ gan̪d̪ʱi]) (October 2 1869 – January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha — the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence — which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā — "Great Soul") and as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ bāpu — "Father"). In India, he is recognized as the Father of the Nation and October 2nd, his birthday, is commemorated each year as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday.
Gandhi has been portrayed in a number of films as well as on the stage. Some of the most notable films include Gandhi (1982), The Making of the Mahatma (1996), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), [1] and Gandhi, My Father (2007).
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[edit] Film
[edit] 21st century
- 2007: Gandhi is portrayed by Darshan Jariwala in Gandhi, My Father.
- 2007: The image of Gandhi is reprised by Dilip Prabhavalkar in Shankar Dada Zindabad, the Telugu language remake of Lage Raho Munna Bhai.
- 2006: The image of Gandhi is portrayed by Dilip Prabhavalkar in the award-winning film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. It stars Sanjay Dutt as Munna Bhai and popularised the new term Gandhigiri in India.
- 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. [2]
- 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.
- 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.
- 1963: Gandhi is portrayed by J.S. Casshyap in Nine Hours to Rama based upon the 1962 book by Stanley Wolpert.
[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 Genghis 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.
- In the TV-show Scrubs Dr.Cox constantly refers to Donald Faisons character as 'Ghandi'.
- 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.
- In Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood Jimini is seen viewing the movie "Growing up Gandhi" which depicts Gandhi as a boxer in his younger days, at the Toranto film festiville.
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- An award winning Telecom Italia depicts him messaging the WW2 countries through the power of modern communication and ends with a punch line “Imagine a world today, if he could have communicated like this”. Here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IatyFUDTRAs
[edit] Further reading
- Gandhi: The Making of a Hero. Times of India, 21 July 2007.
- Chatterji, Shoma A. In the name of the father. Deccan Herald, 22 July 2007.
- Jha, Subhash K. I'm pleased with Hirani's Gandhigiri,' says Gandhi's grandson IANS (Indo-Asian News Service), 19 March 2007.
- Ramachandran, S. Hey Ram! So many films on Gandhi!. The Telegraph, 02 April 2006
- Ramachandaran, Shastri. Jollygood Bollywood: Munnabhai rescues Mahatma. The Tribune, September 23, 2006.
- Subramanian, T.S. Rediscovering a Gandhi film. Frontline (magazine), Volume 23 - Issue 03, Feb. 11 - 24, 2006.
[edit] Notes
- ^ How Gandhi Got His Mojo Back
- ^ Jha, Subhash. "'I'm pleased with Hirani's Gandhigiri,' says Gandhi's grandson", nowrunning.com, 2007-03-19. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
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1963: Nine Hours to Rama (J. S. Casshyap) · 1982: Gandhi (Ben Kingsley) · 1993: Sardar (Annu Kapoor) · 1996: The Making of the Mahatma (Rajit Kapur) · 1998: Jinnah (Sam Dastor) · 2000: Hey Ram (Naseeruddin Shah) · 2000: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (Mohan Gokhale) · 2001: Veer Savarkar (Surendra Rajan) · 2004: Swades · 2005: Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (himself) · 2005: Mangal Pandey: The Rising (himself) · 2005: Water (Mohan Jhangiani) · 2006: Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Dilip Prabhavalkar) · 2007: Shankar Dada Zindabad (Dilip Prabhavalkar) · 2007: Gandhi, My Father (Darshan Jariwala) |
