My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like 'Gandhi' would be phenomenal.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
I'm a very gentle man, not unlike Gandhi.
I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
In India, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness.
Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.
'Gandhi' was a well-made film but surely not my best. It had flaws, which I understand two-and-a-half decades after I directed it. I will never call it a propaganda film for the Indian Congress, but it could have been made better had I concentrated on certain minute details.
My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.
I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.
Ben Kingsley was my ideal choice for Gandhi, and he really lived up to the expectations of an international audience. I did not find any Indian actor worthy to perform the role of Gandhi in the early Eighties, though there were brilliant performers like Naseeruddin Shah in India.
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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