Gandhi is a riveting story about activism, politics, religious tolerance and freedom, depicting the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian political leader who managed to free his country from the British rule using peaceful means and thus giving hope and inspiration for generations to come.

In addition to four time Academy Award nominee Kingsley (Schindler's List, Sexy Beast), the brilliant cast includes Edward Fox (A Passage to India), Roshan Seth (A Passage to India), Academy Award nominee Candice Bergen (Best Supporting Actress, Starting Over, 1980; TV's "Murphy Brown," "Boston Legal"), Academy Award winner Sir John Gielgud (Best Supporting Actor, Arthur, 1981), Academy Award nominee Trevor Howard (Best Actor, Sons and Lovers, 1960) and Martin Sheen (The Departed, TV's "The West Wing").

Directed by
Richard Attenborough

Cast
Ben Kingsley - Mahatma Gandhi
Candice Bergen - Margaret Bourke-White
Edward Fox - General Dyer
John Gielgud - Lord Irwin
Trevor Howard - Judge Broomfield
John Mills - Viceroy
Martin Sheen - Walker
Ian Charleson - Charlie Andrews
Athol Fugard - General Smuts
Gunther Maria Halmer - Herman Kallenbach
Geraldine James - Mirabehn
Amrish Puri - Kahn
Om Puri - Nahari

Production Co.
Indo-British Films
International Film Investors
Goldcrest Film Finance

Produced by
Michael Stanley-Evans
Richard Attenborough
Rani Dube

Studio
Columbia Pictures

Writer
John Briley

Music
Ravi Shankar