Dalip pathak biography of mahatma

1982 epic biographical film by Richard Attenborough

Gandhi is a 1982 epicbiographical film based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, a major leader in the Indian independence movement against the British Empire during the 20th century. A co-production between India and the United Kingdom, the film was directed and produced by Richard Attenborough from a screenplay written by John Briley. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The biographical film covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a whites-only compartment and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu, Gandhi's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted.

Gandhi was released by Columbia Pictures in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December, and in the United States on 8 December. It was praised for providing a historically accurate portrayal of the life of Gandhi, the Indian independence movement and the deleterious results of British colonisation on India. Its production values, costume design, and Kingsley's performance received worldwide critical acclaim. It became a commercial success, grossing $127.8 million on a $22 million budget. Gandhi received a leading eleven nominations at the 55th Academy Awards, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (for Kingsley). The British Film Institute ranked it as the 34th greatest British film of the 20th century. The American Film Institute ranked the film 29th on its list of most inspiring movies.

Plot

In June 1893 in South Africa, young lawyer Mohandas Gandhi is forcibly expelled from a whites-only train carriage in Pietermaritzburg despite having a first class ticket, subsequently campaigning for Indian equality in South Africa. Dada Abdullah, president of the Natal Indian Congress, notices his campaign and invites him to a demon

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Brief Intro:

Full name- Mohan Das Karam Chandra Gandhi

Birth Date & place- 2 October 1869 in the Kathiawar Peninsula village in Porbandar, Gujarat

Death date & place- 30th January 1948, Central Delhi (in Birla house)

Parent's name- Karam Chand Uttam Chand Gandhi and Putli bai

Occupation- Leader, Social activist, and lawyer

Spouse name- Kasturba Gandhi (Baa)

Children name- Harilal Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas & Devdas Gandhi

Popular names & nicknames- Bapu, Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation, etc.

About

Father of Nation, popular as "Mahatma Gandhi," originally known as Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi was a leader, lawyer, and a great social activist. He was not only a great socialist who played an amazing role as a leader in the Independence of India but also a leader who always supported nonviolence and organized Satyagrah protests against British rule; he and thousands of Indians supported his non-violent approach and took part in his Protest with peace. Indian public had huge respect for him and addressed him as "Bapu", which means "father" in Gujarati. Thousands of people used to follow him and gather and join his ways whenever he took any stands against British rule.

Many times he went to jail for the freedom of the country, and not only in India but in the entire world, he was popular. He spent all his life for the country, and in 1948, he also died while working for the country. All his sacrifices and efforts gave him great reorganization as he got the title of "Mahatma", which means saint in Hindi. Mahatma Gandhi's popularity didn't even stop after his death, and now he is known as one of the most popular personalities in the world and is taught as "father of Nation" in textbooks for schools. Many great personalities like Martin Luther King or Nelson Mandela followed his principles, and many still are; he is an inspiration worldwide.

Birth and Early Life

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Furthermore, unlike a university scholar, he didn’t “theorise”. In fact, his writings, unlike a “value-neutral”/“peer reviewed” research paper, were inseparable from his politico-spiritual experiments, his self-reflections and vulnerabilities, and above all, the moral/ethical churning he passed through throughout his life. And hence, I feel, it would not be a good pedagogic practice if we reduce Gandhi into yet another academic puzzle to be solved in the classroom. Nor should Gandhi be reduced to, as schools often do, a discrete chapter in the history textbook, or an object of “moral education” that children seldom identify with.

Possibly, through the creative vibrancy of engaged pedagogy, we need to encourage our students — especially, college/university students — to feel and experience Gandhi, or to reflect on Gandhi with authentic politico-cultural and existential-spiritual questions.

This is possible only if we remind our students, time and again, that they should not be paralysed by the dominant imageries of Gandhi, be it the official/fossilised Gandhi as the “Mahatma”, or the “impractical” Gandhi in the age of techno-capitalism, or the condemned Gandhi — “casteist” and even “effeminate”. Instead, with the ethos of studentship, they should be endowed with the spirit of free enquiry. In this context, two points need special emphasis.

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