His triumph changed the world forever.
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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Ben Kingsley Candice Bergen Edward Fox John Gielgud Trevor Howard John Mills Martin Sheen Ian Charleson Athol Fugard Günther Maria Halmer Saeed Jaffrey Geraldine James Alyque Padamsee Amrish Puri Roshan Seth Rohini Hattangadi Ian Bannen Michael Bryant John Clements Richard Griffiths Nigel Hawthorne Bernard Hepton Michael Hordern Shreeram Lagoo Virendra Razdan Richard Vernon Harsh Nayyar Prabhakar Patankar Vijay Kashyap Nigam Prakash Supriya Pathak Neena Gupta Shane Rimmer Peter Harlowe Anang Desai Winston Ntshona Peter Cartwright Marius Weyers Richard Mayes Alok Nath Dean Gasper Ken Hutchison Norman Chancer Gulshan Kapoor Charu Bala Chokshi Raj Chaturvedi Avpar Jhita Anthony Sagger Om Puri David Gant Daniel Day-Lewis Ray Burdis Daniel Peacock Avis Bunnage Caroline Hutchison Mohan Agashe Sudhanshu Mishra Dina Nath John Savident John Patrick Michael Godley Stewart Harwood Stanley McGeagh Christopher Good David Markham Jyoti Sarup John Naylor Wilson George Hanshu Mehta Sudarshan Sethi Sunila Pradhan Moti Makan Jalal Agha Rupert Frazer Manohar Pitale Homi Daruvala K.K. Raina Vivek Swaroop Raja Biswas Dominic Guard Bernard Hill Rama Kant Jha Nana Palsikar Alpna Gupta Chandrakant Thakkar John Quentin Graham Seed Keith Drinkel Bob Barbenia Gerald Sim Colin Farrell Sanjeev Puri Gareth Forwood Vijay Crishna Sankalp Dubey James Cossins Gurcharan Singh John Vine Geoffrey Chater Ernest Clark Habib Tanvir Pankaj Mohan Subhash Gupta Aadil Rajeshwar Nath S.S. Thakur Rahul Gupta Barry John Brian Oulton James Snell John Boxer Gerard Norman Bernard Horsfall Richard Leech Pankaj Kapur Tarla Mehta David Sibley Dalip Tahil Stanley Lebor Terrence Hardiman Monica Gupta Jon Croft William Hoyland John Ratzenberger Jack McKenzie Tom Alter Jane Myerson Roop Kumar Razdan Bani Sharad Joshi Vagish Kumar Singh Dilsher Singh Sudhir Dalvi Tilak Raj Irpinder Puri Pren Kapoor Vinay Apte Aswini Kumar Avinash Dogra Shreedhar Joshi Suhas Palshikar Karkirat Singh Shekhar Chatterjee Amarjeet Pratap Desai Bhatawadekar Prakash Sunil Shende Rovil Sinha Derek Lyons Fred Wood
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