"was Gujarati and his birth name is Krishna Bhanji). ""Gandhi"" premiered in New Delhi, India on 30 November 1982. Two days later, on 2 December, it had a Royal Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London in the presence of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The film had a limited release in the US on 8 December 1982, followed by a wider release in January 1983. In North America, ""Gandhi"" grossed a total of . It became the 12th highest-grossing film of 1982 there. Outside of North America, the film grossed in the rest of the world. It was"
"Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 50 years. He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film ""Gandhi"", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has appeared in ""Schindler's List"" (1993), ""Twelfth Night"" (1996), ""Sexy Beast"" (2000), ""House of Sand and Fog"" (2003), ""Lucky Number Slevin"" (2006), ""Shutter Island"" (2010), """" (2010), ""Hugo"" (2011), ""Iron Man 3"" (2013), ""The Boxtrolls"""
"Virendra Razdan died in Mumbai, India, on 13 June 2003, at the age of 53. Virendra Razdan Virendra Razdan (c. 1950 – 13 June 2003) was an Indian film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Maulana Azad, a leading figure of the Indian independence movement, in the 1982 biographical film ""Gandhi"" directed by Richard Attenborough. and for his role of statesman Vidura in the Indian television series ""Mahabharat"". He also played a supporting role in the Aditya Pancholi-starrer ""Zanjeer: The Chain"" (1998). Razdan's father was a Sufi musician. He studied acting and theater at the"
"Aandhi Aandhi (translation: Storm) is a 1975 Indian political drama film starring Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen, and directed by Gulzar. At the time it was alleged that the film was based on the life of the then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her relationship with her estranged husband, but in reality, only the look was inspired by the politician Tarkeshwari Sinha and Indira Gandhi. The story is based on a chance meeting of an estranged couple after several years, when wife Aarti Devi, now a leading politician happens to stay in the hotel run by her husband during an election"
"Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadi () (born 11 April 1955) is an Indian actress. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one National Film Award, and is the only Indian actress to win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Kasturba Gandhi in ""Gandhi"" (1982). An alumna of the National School of Drama of New Delhi, Hattangadi had worked mainly in theatre when she made her movie debut with ""Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan"" in 1978. Some of her noted cinematic roles were in such art films as ""Arth"" (1982), ""Party"" and ""Saaransh"" (1984). Hattangadi"
"""Mahayagya"", ""Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai"", ""Teache"", ""Maayke Se Bandhi Dor"" and more. She played a special appearance in ""Chhal — Sheh Aur Maat"", which aired in the TV channel Colors. Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadi () (born 11 April 1955) is an Indian actress. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one National Film Award, and is the only Indian actress to win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Kasturba Gandhi in ""Gandhi"" (1982). An alumna of the National School of Drama of New Delhi, Hattangadi had worked mainly in theatre when"
"Virendra Razdan Virendra Razdan (c. 1950 – 13 June 2003) was an Indian film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Maulana Azad, a leading figure of the Indian independence movement, in the 1982 biographical film ""Gandhi"" directed by Richard Attenborough. and for his role of statesman Vidura in the Indian television series ""Mahabharat"". He also played a supporting role in the Aditya Pancholi-starrer ""Zanjeer: The Chain"" (1998). Razdan's father was a Sufi musician. He studied acting and theater at the National School of Drama in New Delhi, where he was a student of Ibrahim Alkazi."
"Star (1982 film) Star is a 1982 Indian Bollywood movie, directed by Vinod Pande, starring Kumar Gaurav, Rati Agnihotri, Raj Kiran, Saeed Jaffrey, A.K. Hangal, Dina Pathak and Padmini Kolhapure. It had a very successful soundtrack released as ""Star/Boom Boom"", produced by Biddu and sung by Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan. Nazia and Zoheb were offered the chance to act in this movie by Biddu, but they refused to act and chose singing. Dev Kumar Verma comes from a middle-class family and must find employment to support his parents. Dev, however, has set his mind upon becoming a music sensation"
"film was written simultaneously along with another Gulzar film, ""Mausam"" (1975), which was also written by Bhushan Banmali and Gulzar. Along with ""Khushboo"", ""Aandhi"" also released in the same year; 1975 proving to be the most prolific for director-screenwriter Gulzar's career. The lead role of Aarti Devi was offered to actress Vyjayanthimala, who refused as she was fazed by physical resemblance of her character with Indira Gandhi. Later in 2011, she recounted ""Aandhi"" as one of few films she regretted not doing besides ""Mr and Mrs 55"" (1955) by Guru Dutt and ""Bandini"" (1963) by Bimal Roy, ""I admired Indiraji"
"Along with Narayan and Lohia, Kripalani toured the country urging non-violent protest and civil disobedience. When the Emergency was declared as a result of the vocal dissent he helped stir up, the octogenarian Kripalani was among the first of the Opposition leaders to be arrested on the night of 26 June 1975. He lived long enough to survive the Emergency and see the first non-Congress government since Independence following the Janata Party victory in the 1977 polls. He died on 19 March 1982 at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, at the age of 93. In the 1982 film ""Gandhi"" by"
"Adhuri Kahani"", ""Chorus"", and ""Mrigayaa"". His biggest international role was that of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in Richard Attenborough's biographical epic ""Gandhi"". Casting director Dolly Thakore recommended Chatterjee for the role after seeing him onstage in Calcutta and noting that he shared Suhrawardy's large stature. In 1983, Chatterjee directed the film ""Vasundhara"", which was awarded as best Bengali film at the 31st National Film Awards. The Directorate of Film Festivals cited it for ""its sincere attempt to depict the struggle against social injustice"". Shekhar Chatterjee Shekhar Chatterjee (1924 — 6 April 1994) is an Indian actor and film director. Chatterjee was"
"but fails to prove anything about those gloves. Ravindra decides that only violence can solve this case and attacks Prasad Babu's place and gets every clue needed. The real culprits are punished and the movie ends with Ravindra's marriage with Latha. Mondi Ghatam Mondi Ghatam () is a Telugu film which was released on 6 November 1982. It was directed by Raja Chandra. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Radhika, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao. Chiranjeevi plays an angry young man Ravindra, who is stubborn and adamant about what he feels is right. He is the only son of his parents"
"Mondi Ghatam Mondi Ghatam () is a Telugu film which was released on 6 November 1982. It was directed by Raja Chandra. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Radhika, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao. Chiranjeevi plays an angry young man Ravindra, who is stubborn and adamant about what he feels is right. He is the only son of his parents Satyanarayana, who is a Judge and Annapurna and is loved by Lata (Radhika). Ravindra's friend Eeshwar works for Prasad Babu, who kicks him out of the job without paying him. Ravindra demands justice and bashes up Prasad Babu and ends up"
"Dharam Kanta Dharam Kanta (English: Balance of Piety; Hindi: धरमकाँटा)is a 1982 Bollywood Action film, produced and directed by Sultan Ahmed under the Sultan Productions banner. It stars Raaj Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Waheeda Rehman, Reena Roy, Sulakshana Pandit in the pivotal roles and music composed by Naushad. Thakur Bhavani Singh heads a gang of dacoits, who have spread terror and fear in the region. Bhavani has a family, consisting of his wife, Radha, and two sons, Ram and Laxman, and a daughter named Ganga. One day, Bhavani kidnaps the son of wealthy Harnam Singh and will release him for"
"Gandhada Gudi Gandhada Gudi (""Temple of Sandalwood"") is a 1973 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Vijay and produced by M. P. Shankar. The film stars Dr. Baba Sharuk (Rajkumar) is a range forest officer who goes to the Nagarhole National forest to protect the natural resources. His main rival is the poacher Anand (Vishnuvardhan) who unknown to him has been kidnapped and raised by Raja Venkatappa Naika (Balakrishna) to exact revenge on his father. In the final scenes, Anand gets hold of Kumar's mother and asks him to not interfere or that he will set fire to the forest. But"
"Gaanam Gaanam is a 1982 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by Sreekumaran Thampi. The film stars Ambareesh and Lakshmi in the lead roles, along with Jagathy Sreekumar, Adoor Bhasi, Nedumudi Venu and Hari. The film featured original songs composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy. Palghat Rukmini and Aravindakshan are two gifted musicians, who are drawn to each other and they see only music as the common interest, which made them fall in love with each other. They never realized the fact that they belong two different castes, Rukmini from an orthodox Namboodhri Tharavadu and Aravindakshan from a low caste Puliya house"
"Gunda (film) Gunda (English: Antagonist) is a 1998 Indian action film, directed by Kanti Shah. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Mukesh Rishi and Shakti Kapoor among many others. It was produced by Anil Shah, written by Bashir Babbar, and the musical score was provided by Anand Raj Anand. The film now has become rather a cult film in India, due to its absurd story line, over-the-top acting, cheesy 'rhyming' dialogues, which mostly are double-meaning and low production values. Gunda tells the story of an honest man who becomes the target of a vicious gang lord, after inadvertently interfering in a mission."
"Insaan (1982 film) Insaan (English: Human; Hindi: इंसान) is a 1982 Bollywood action drama film, produced by Ved Khanna Mukesh Movies and directed by Narendra Bedi. It stars Jeetendra, Vinod Khanna, Reena Roy in the lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Kishore Jariwala, brother of Bollywood actor Sanjeev Kumar, plays the role of an ex-soldier. The movie was among the last movies of Vinod Khanna before he took a hiatus from the Hindi film industry to join Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, USA. Shankar (Vinod Khanna) stays with his stepmother and three stepbrothers, but they are not very nice to him."
"to meet his wife, and is devastated to know that he may never get to see his children again. Bhavani starts living an honest life, not knowing that his estranged sons are leading a life of crime and that his daughter is now living with the family, whose son he killed. Dharam Kanta Dharam Kanta (English: Balance of Piety; Hindi: धरमकाँटा)is a 1982 Bollywood Action film, produced and directed by Sultan Ahmed under the Sultan Productions banner. It stars Raaj Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Waheeda Rehman, Reena Roy, Sulakshana Pandit in the pivotal roles and music composed by Naushad. Thakur"
"Anjada Gandu Anjada Gandu (; ) is an Indian Kannada feature film released in 1988, starring Ravichandran and Kushboo in the lead roles. Renuka Sharma directed this film. The film is a remake of Tamil original ""Thambikku Entha Ooru"" (1984) which starred Rajinikanth and Madhavi. The film is best remembered for its successful soundtrack scored by Hamsalekha. Like other Ravichandran movies released during late 80s, this film was also a musical blockbuster. Ravichandran is the son of a rich businessman (Srinivasa Murthy) and is given to profligate ways. He is shown spending money wantonly in a club. He has concern"
"Sanjeev Kumar, having shades of Mrs. Gandhi's husband. All through the controversy, Gulzar denied any connection with Indira Gandhi, it was only after she lost the national elections in 1977 and Janata Party came to power, did he admit, ""Yes, the film was made with Indira Gandhi in mind"". Sanjeev Kumar on his part said, only the characterisation of his role was based on Feroze Gandhi. Aandhi Aandhi (translation: Storm) is a 1975 Indian political drama film starring Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen, and directed by Gulzar. At the time it was alleged that the film was based on the"
"a Lovely War"" (1969), after which his acting appearances became sporadic as he concentrated more on directing and producing. He later directed two epic period films: ""Young Winston"" (1972), based on the early life of Winston Churchill, and ""A Bridge Too Far"" (1977), an all-star account of Operation ""Market Garden"" in World War II. He won the 1982 Academy Award for Best Director for his historical epic ""Gandhi"", and as the film's producer, the Academy Award for Best Picture; the same film garnered two Golden Globes, this time for Best Director and Best Foreign Film, in 1983. He had been"
"Gaali Maathu Gaali Maathu () is a 1981 Indian Kannada drama film directed and produced by Dorai - Bhagwan duo. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ta. Ra. Su. The film starred Jai Jagadish, Lakshmi and Kokila Mohan in lead roles. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by Rajan-Nagendra considered evergreen hits. Anant Nag was initially chosen for the lead role he was later replaced by Jai Jagadish, Sundar Raj was also replaced by Charan Raj after the former asked for more remuneration. The music of the film was composed"
"because in later years she became a world renowned Bharatanatyam dancer. In spite of good story-line and pleasing music, the film did not do well at the box office. However, the film is remembered for B. S. Saroja's performance and the featuring of ""Baby"" Padma. Geetha Gandhi Geetha Gandhi (Bhagavad Gita and Gandhi) is a 1949 Indian, Tamil-language film produced and directed by Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam. The film featured T. R. Ramachandran and B. S. Saroja in the lead roles. Subbaiyer is an old man whose granddaughter is studying in Annamalai University. She comes home by train. At Egmore railway station"
"Ranga (1982 film) Ranga is a 1982 Tamil film starring Rajinikanth, Radhika and K. R. Vijaya in prominent roles. Produced by Thevar Films, the film was directed by R. Thyagarajan and was the 75th film of Rajini. The film received positive reviews and became a hit at the box office and become a cult film. Ranga (Rajinikanth) alias Ranganathan is a young man who lost his sister Laksmi (K . R .Vijaya) in childhood and has come to the city searching for work suitable for his graduation. There, he meets Raju (Karate Mani) who is a thief. Ranga advises Raju"
"Maya and Shiv are in love with each other. All songs were sung by Pakistani pop duo Nazia and Zoheb, consisting of Nazia Hassan and her brother Zoheb Hassan. Star (1982 film) Star is a 1982 Indian Bollywood movie, directed by Vinod Pande, starring Kumar Gaurav, Rati Agnihotri, Raj Kiran, Saeed Jaffrey, A.K. Hangal, Dina Pathak and Padmini Kolhapure. It had a very successful soundtrack released as ""Star/Boom Boom"", produced by Biddu and sung by Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan. Nazia and Zoheb were offered the chance to act in this movie by Biddu, but they refused to act and"
"Kranti Kranti (English: ""Revolution"") is a 1981 Indian epic historical drama film, produced and directed by Manoj Kumar, with the story and screenplay written by Salim-Javed. It stars Manoj Kumar along with an ensemble cast consisting of Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Parveen Babi, Sarika, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri, Paintal and Pradeep Kumar. The film marked the return of Dilip Kumar after a five-year hiatus. The film takes place in the 19th Century British India and is the story of the fight for independence from the British between 1825 and 1875. The film tells the story of"
"Khandaan (1979 film) Khandaan (English: Clan; ) is a 1979 drama film, produced by Sibte Hassan Rizvi under the New World Enterprises banner and directed by Anil Ganguly. It stars Jeetendra, Sulakshana Pandit, Bindiya Goswami in the lead roles and music composed by Khayyam. This film is remade in Telugu as ""Jeevitha Ratnam"" (1981), starring Sobhan Babu, Rati Agnihotri, Sumalatha in the pivotal roles. Gaurishankar Srivastav (Sunder Purohit) lives with his wife Savitri (Nirupa Roy) and two sons Vikas (Sujit Kumar) and Ravi (Jeetendra). Vikas gets married to wealthy Nanda (Bindu), while Ravi continues his education in college. Ravi is"
"Gopurangal Saivathillai Gopurangal Saivathillai () is a 1982 Tamil language drama film directed by Manivannan. The film features Mohan, Suhasini and Radha in lead roles. The film, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 15 October 1982. This was Manivannan's first film as director. It was remade in Telugu as ""Mukku Pudaka"" with Bhanu Chander, Suhasini and Vijayashanti, while Suhasini reprising her role from the original. It was remade in Kannada as ""Brahma Gantu"" (1985) with Saritha, Sridhar and Sadhana and in Hindi as ""Naseeb Apna Apna"" (1986) with Rishi Kapoor and Radhika. Arukkani (Suhasini) is an illiterate"
"discuss the film negatively. Singh, a long term critic of Gandhi, also went on to co-author ""Gandhi Under Cross Examination"" with Timothy Watson. In the DVD edition of the 1998 film ""Jinnah"", the director's commentary of the film makes mention of the 1982 film. In the commentary, both Sir Christopher Lee, who portrayed the older Muhammed Ali Jinnah, and director Jamil Dehlavi criticised the film ""Gandhi"" for its portrayal of Jinnah, arguing it to be demonising and historically inaccurate. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected 54 reviews and judged 85% of them to be positive, with an average rating"
"Geetha Gandhi Geetha Gandhi (Bhagavad Gita and Gandhi) is a 1949 Indian, Tamil-language film produced and directed by Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam. The film featured T. R. Ramachandran and B. S. Saroja in the lead roles. Subbaiyer is an old man whose granddaughter is studying in Annamalai University. She comes home by train. At Egmore railway station an unknown woman hands over an infant child asking the girl to hold it for a moment. While the girl is holding the baby, its mother jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. Shocked by this, the girl approaches the police. But they"
"Bollywood later. However, in 1975, Vyjayanthimala was almost signed in Gulzar's ""Aandhi"" with Sanjeev Kumar but she backed out from the project as the role resembled Indira Gandhi's personal life. Perhaps the most famous role that Vyjayanthimala ever turned down was the 1975 crime-drama film ""Deewaar"". Inspired by the 1961 film ""Ganga Jumna"", a Vyjayanthimala starrer, the film was directed by Yash Chopra and features Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor in the lead roles. She turned down the role of a mother for the lead actors, which later went to Nirupa Roy, who attained popularity through success of the film"
"Swami Dada Swami Dada is a 1982 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Dev Anand, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, newcomer ""Christine O'Neil"", Padmini Kohlapure and Dev Anand. The film was the first credited screen appearance of Jackie Shroff. Music was provided by R.D.Burman for this film. A couple of songs became popular. Swami Dada is the story of Hari Mohan (Dev Anand), a saintly person who organizes Hindu prayers and discourses in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. He is called ""Swami Dada"" by everyone. He has many followers and devotees who throng in large numbers to hear his sermons."