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#3 of 1982 · Certified Fresh

Gandhi (1982)

1982 · 191 minutes · Drama / History · Directed by Richard Attenborough
IMDb rating8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Box office gross$127.8M

Synopsis

While heading to afternoon prayers in New Delhi on January 30, 1948, Gandhi is fatally shot. On 7 June 1893, in the Colony of Natal, young lawyer Mohandas Gandhi is forcibly expelled from a whites-only train carriage in Pietermaritzburg despite possessing a valid ticket, subsequently campaigning for racial equality among whites and Indians in both the Colony of Natal and the Cape Colony.

Starring

Ben KingsleyCandice BergenEdward FoxJohn GielgudTrevor Howard
Box office
$127.8 million
Budget
$22 million
IMDb votes
247,547

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