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Gandhi My Father
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Gandhi My Father
Credits
 Producer/s:  Anil Kapoor
 Director:  Feroz Abbas Khan
 Cast:  Akshaye Khanna, Bhoomika Chawla, Shefali Shah, Darshan Jariwala, Daniel Janks
 Music:  Piyush Kanojia

The film is based on Gandhian Scholar, Chandulal Dalal's book, Harilal Gandhi: A Life. Director Feroz Abbas Khan, had already made the same into a successful play "Mahatma vs. Gandhi" earlier. He now attempts to recreate the same magic with the feature film version.

Harilal (Akshaye Khanna) is a follower of his father Mahatma Gandhi's (Darshan Jariwala) ideals, but when his father denies him the opportunity to study law in Great Britain, a rift is formed between the two. Consequently, Harilal spends years roaming the streets like a beggar, converts to Islam as an act of rebellion, converts back to Hinduism as penance, and finally drinks himself to death.

'Gandhi My Father' is far from a biopic portrayal of Gandhi's struggle towards India's independence. The film is a powerful depiction of the nature and sufferings of the patriarchal relationship between one of the world's most loved figures - 'Mahatma' Gandhi - and his eldest son Harilal. It brings to light an unknown facet of the personal history of a man who transformed the soul of a nation, but who could not save the soul of his own son. Delving deep into the personal tragedy that Gandhi kept secret from the world, Feroz Khan's filmic tour de force focuses on the doomed relationship between a father respected by an entire nation, but rebuked by a son!


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