GANDHI
The story of a man that loved
"Gandhi" is a film made in 1982 that
shows the main life events of the Indian leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who
was who, after many years of fights and efforts by Indian people, drew the path
to Independence and established a pacific way to pronounce against injustice.
This movie was directed by Richard Attenborough and was starred by Ben Kingsley
playing Gandhi´s role. In the year it was produced, this movie was nominated
for eleven Academy Awards categories, winning eight including best picture,
best director and best actor.
After becoming a lawyer and living in South
Africa during a period, Gandhi started to notice the inequality in the
treatment given to British and Indian people in spite of being under the same
government and supposedly having the same rights. Beginning in South Africa and
next in India, this man led India to a massive non-violent movement to ask
their freedom from British Crown and to get rights as citizens from a country
that belonged only to them.
The main character was played by Ben Kingsley
who was really flattered by critics because his good performance in Gandhi's
role. Kingsley could really get the appearance, the expressions and even body
movements of this famous leader. But not only Kingsley was who gave to the
movie its awesome acting level but also the performance of supporting actors
who make the audience get into the movie and think that it was filmed at the
time when things happened.
If we do a review about some techniques used in
the movie we are going to be conscious why this movie was nominated to many Academy
Awards categories and was flattered by film experts. First of all, one of the
most beautiful achievements of the movie was depict colors, textures,
environments, landscapes and even weather of India. This movie really gets a
wonderful picture of the context in which story took place, every frame is a
great photography and recall that big and diverse country. Even the music that
they used helps you to feel in India and to get the emotional content of every
moment. Another great aspect of the movie is art direction because costumes and
props were very believable.
The importance of the movie resides on its
capacity to portrait a crucial moment not only in Indian history but also in
world history. This film is almost a documentary about Gandhi and his work in
the independence process. What it does is pretty much to collect and to display
every important moment during the life of this leader, life that was given to
serve others and to help India to get its freedom from British crown. Although
it seems that the main motivation for the movie is the historical content, this
movie takes you to reflect how important is working together to get a better
world and teaches you about a beautiful thought way led by Gandhi in which love
is the base.
In short, Gandhi by Richard Attenborough is a
film that makes a beautiful portrait of one of the most important moments
during Indian history showing the life of the leader that motivated a whole
country to get its independence. Besides of being a charming visual experience,
watching the movie is an opportunity to learn about a man that changed the
History with his full of love heart.
Óscar Eduardo Rendón Cardona
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