Gandhi (film)

Gandhi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Attenborough
Produced by	Richard Attenborough
Written by	John Briley
Starring	Candice Bergen Edward Fox John Gielgud Trevor Howard John Mills Martin Sheen Ben Kingsley
Music by	Ravi Shankar George Fenton
Cinematography	Billy Williams Ronnie Taylor
Edited by	John Bloom
Production companies	Goldcrest Films International Film Investors National Film Development Corporation of India Indo-British Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	30 November 1982 (1982-11-30) (New Delhi) 3 December 1982 (1982-12-03) (United Kingdom) 10 December 1982 (1982-12-10) (United States)
Running time	191 minutes
Country	United Kingdom India United States
Language	English
Budget	$22 million
Box office	$127.8 million

Gandhi is a 1982 epic biographical film which dramatises the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India's non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom's rule of the country during the 20th century. Gandhi was written by John Briley and produced and directed by Richard Attenborough. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The 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 in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December, and in the United States on 10 December. It was nominated for Academy Awards in eleven categories, winning eight, including Best Picture. Richard Attenborough won for Best Director, and Ben Kingsley won for Best Actor. The film was screened retrospective on 12 August 2016 as the Opening Film at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.