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Starring:
Akshaye Khanna, Darshan Jariwala, Bhumika Chawla and
Shefali Shah
Producer: Anil Kapoor
Director: Feroz Abbas Khan
This movie is about Mahatma Gandhi's family - the father
of our nation. It tells the story of Gandhi's eldest son Harilal Gandhi, who rebelled against his father and
carried the identity of his father like a curse around
his neck. Its a story of a principled father and an
unfortunate son.
Mahatma Gandhi's wife Kasturba (played by Shefali Shah)
raised her eldest son Harilal all by herself when Gandhi
left to study in London in 1888. Later, she gave birth
to three more sons.
Harilal Gandhi with his wife
Being
rebelious natured, Harilal converted to Islam and
adopted the name Abdullah Gandhi. He also sought to
remarry after the death of his first wife Gulab (played
by Bhumika Chawla). All this prompted Harilal think that
his father would disown his own son. Even though Harilal later converted
back to Hinduism, he lived the life of a derelict,
roaming the streets of India like a beggar and finally
drinking himself to death.
In Harilal’s words: 'He (Mahatma Gandhi) is the greatest
father you can have. But he is the one father I wish I
did not have.'
'Gandhi My Father' is presented by Anil Kapoor Films
Company in association with EROS International. Theatre
director Feroz Abbas Khan has directed the film.
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Aniz Filmvala
CREDITS:-
associate producer ANIL
GUPTA
director of photography DAVID MACDONALD
production design NITIN CHANDRAKANT DESAI
film editor SREEKAR PRASAD
sound recording and design RESUL POOKUTTY
make up design PENNY SMITH
costume design SUJATA SHARMA
music composer PIYUSH KANOJIA
line producer IQBAL KIDWAI
publicity design RAHUL NANDA & HIMANSHU NANDA
visual promotions RAVI PADDA & BINNY PADDA |
One family's
tragedy
was the price of
a nation's freedom
Father of the nation and
his son
The film shows Mahatma's (Darshan
Jariwala) troubled relationship with his son Harilal -
beautifully played by Akshaye Khanna. The film, without
being biased to any of the characters, explores why it
happened and narrates their differences which creep in
when Harilal thinks that the Mahatma does not allow him to become a lawyer
like him.
Akshaye Khanna
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