Richard Attenborough s Film Gandhi - 1007 Words

The topic assigned to our group was Celebrity. So we were supposed to select a narrative that talk about the same. According to Oxford dictionary celebrity means someone who is famous or the state of being famous (in today s world Celebrity is usually used to identify someone in sports or entertainment sector). A political leader seemed to be a celebrity according to this meaning and that is the reason why I selected Gandhi, as celebrity. The specific text that I worked on was Richard Attenborough s movie Gandhi released in the year 1982. There are lot of other sources about Gandhi. One could work on Gandhi s autobiography or other forms of literary narratives that explains Gandhi as a celebrity. But a movie about Gandhi seemed†¦show more content†¦As mentioned before, there are some alterations to the actual story of the movie along with some factual errors presented in the movie. The story of the movie, as the name suggests, is about Gandhi the political leader. To na rrow down further, the director of the movie is looking only at the political aspect of Gandhi. Here other aspects life the social life, moral life and religious aspects are omitted. These aspects about Gandhi are also important while talking about the story of Gandhi the person. Talking about the story of Gandhi-the movie, the time-line starts with Gandhi s youth and days he worked as a lawyer in South Africa. Therefore the director is not mentioning anything about the childhood and teenage of Gandhi or his family background. It is not a complete biographical movie as it is neglecting the initial years of the protagonist, in its narration. The plot can be easily distinguished from the story of the movie. The plot of the movie begins with the final moments in Gandhi s life. The movie begins with the shot where Godse approaches Gandhi and kills him. Then the story flashes back to 55 years. It shows how a 23 year old Gandhi is facing racial discrimination during a train journey (1893- South Africa). Most of the scenes shown in the movie is part of this flash back. The jump fromShow MoreRelatedRichard Attenborough s Film Gandhi1098 Words   |  5 PagesRichard Attenborough’s film Gandhi (1982) unveils the saga of the greatest Indian freedom fighter and political activist Mahatma Gandhi. Attenborough presents a realistic and chronological record of the events in Gandhi’s life related with Indian Independence Movement. He made Ben Kingsley, the popular British actor enacting the role of Gandhi. The film opens by showing the end of Gandhi, after being shot by a Hindu fanatic and his burial with thousands of people mourning. The burial scene of Gandhi