Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Darshan Jariwala, Bhumika Chawla, Shefali Shah
Director: Feroz Abbas Khan
Producer: Anil Kapoor
Music: Piyush Kanojia
Cinematography: David McDonald
Editor: Sreekar Prasad
Screenplay: Feroz Abbas Khan
EXCLUSIVE MOVIE REVIEW BY HANUMANT BHANSALI
Feroz Abbas Khan, a leading theatre director makes his Bollywood debut with Gandhi – My Father. The film stars Akshaye Khanna portraying the character of Harilal Gandhi, eldest son of Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi.The film presents a spellbinding account of the tragic relationship between Bapu, and his rebellious eldest son Harilal.
Based on the biography ‘Harilal: A Life,’ by the Gujarati scholar Chandulal Dalal, sheds light on the human side of the Mahatma, whose non-violent resistance to British rule helped win India its independence in 1947,’ notes the American magazine in its August 6 issue.
The plot revolves around Harilal Gandhi as he lives a life full of compromises. The shadow of being the son of a legend hounds him and he leads his life like a beggar in the streets of India.
The character of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is played by Darshan Jariwala. He sows the seeds of differences between his son Harilal and himself. Their father-son relationship turns sour when he denies Harilal the prospect of studying law in Britain. Harilal comes back to his motherland from South Africa and decides to make it big on his own.
In an act of rebel, he gets converted to Muslim, and later reverts back to his own religion as an act of self punishment and realization. He finally breathes his last breathe in a hospital in Bombay, all alone.
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