Actors who personified Gandhi! - Here are some of the actors wh- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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Here are some of the actors who've portrayed Mahatma Gandhi on-screen
One of the best Gandhi portrayals ever was by Hollywood actor Ben Kingsley in Richard Attenborough's 1982 biopic Gandhi. The reviewers lauded the English actor saying he portrayed the intensity, the wit and even the distinctive determined walk of Bapu. The film won eight Oscars, including best actor golden statuette for Kingsley.

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Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in Hey Ram. A film made by Kamal Haasan, it portrays a would-be assassin of Gandhi and the dilemma faced by the would-be assassins in the turmoil of post-partition India.

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Dilip Prabhavalkar, Marathi stage and movie artist, became particularly famous for his portrayal of Gandhi in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's commercial blockbuster Lagey Raho Munnabhai. In the film, Sanjay Dutt practises 'Gandhigiri' and he also begins to see the Mahatma, played by Dilip who won a National Award for the best supporting role for his performance in the comedy. Dilip also reprised the same role in the Telugu version titled Shankar Dada Zindabad.

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Playing Bapu turned out to be lucky for Darshan Jariwala too. In Gandhi, My Father, director Feroz Abbas Khan showcased Mahatma's complex relationship with his son Harilal Gandhi. The film didn't do commercially well, but garnered several awards at different award functions and even won Darshan a National Award for the same.

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Surendra Rajan in the film The Legend of Bhagat Singh, a historical biographical film about the Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

In This Pic : Surendra Rajan

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