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| The Gandhi Murder | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Karim Traïdia Pankaj Sehgal |
| Screenplay by | Ralitza Ivanova |
| Produced by | Ralitza Ivanova Nogen Boruah Moobi Alwright |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Tim Angulo Ajayan Vincent |
| Music by | Robert Diggy Morrison |
Production company | Nugen Media Production |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £15 million |
The Gandhi Murder is a 2019 historical action thriller film directed by Karim Traïdia and Pankaj Sehgal. It examines the events leading to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.[2] It stars Stephen Lang, Luke Pasqualino, Om Puri and Vinnie Jones.
Plot
[edit source]Set in the fraught aftermath of India’s independence from Britain and the partition of British India into India and Pakistan, the film follows the conflicted — and failed — efforts of three disparate Indian police officers to act upon intel suggesting that Hindu militants were planning to kill Gandhi for his tolerance of Muslims.
Cast
[edit source]- Stephen Lang as D.I.G Sunil Raina
- Luke Pasqualino as DCP Jimmy
- Om Puri as T.G.
- Vinnie Jones as Sir Norman Smith
- Vikas Shrivastav as Nathuram Godse
- Jesus Sans as Gandhi
- Bobbie Phillips as Elizabeth
- Mark Moses as Sir Percy Sillitoe
- Rajit Kapur as Jawaharlal Nehru
- Colton Tapp as John Booth
- Elissar as Edwina – Seductress
- Nassar as SSP Ashok
- Vivaan Tiwari as Inspector Onkar
- Raajpal Yadav as DSP Singh
- Gregory Schwabe as Lord Mountbatten
- Anant Mahadevan as Professor Jain
- Avtar Gill as Sardar Patel
- Govind Namdeo as Morarji Desai; D.S. Parchure
- Joe Bevilacqua as Abraham Lincoln
- Behzad Khan as Vishnu Karkare
- Sachin Nikam as DSP Doel
- Lisa Holsappel-Marrs as Edwina Mountbatten
- Ravi Gossain as Nana
- Gaurav Mohindra as Sub-Inspector Deshmukh
- Vishal Om Prakash as Inspector (CID) Raj
- Alessa Novelli as Emily
- Alen Thomson as Madan Lal
- Amit Verma as Samsher
- Pankaj Sehgal as Sam
- Chetan Arora as ACP Rao Saheb Gurtu
Reception
[edit source]The Guardian panned the film, awarding it one star and criticizing the strange casting choices (such as Lang as an Indian character) and poor production values.[3] The New York Times was equally critical, questioning the basis of the film and calling the production 'shoddy'.[4] The Los Angeles Times called the script 'clunky' and said 'Its timely messages become muted amid a kaleidoscope of settings, characters, brusque action scenes, blunt speechifying and wan romance.'[5]
See also
[edit source]References
[edit source]- ↑ "Official US Trailer for 'The Gandhi Murder' Conspiracy Theory Drama". FirstShowing.net. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ Shyam, Kumar (29 January 2019). "'India has a love hate relationship with Gandhi': 'The Gandhi Murder' filmmakers talk to us as movie's release in India cancelled". The National. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ↑ McCahill, Mike (30 January 2019). "The Gandhi Murder review – Vinnie Jones steps into Indian history". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ Kenigsberg, Ben (29 January 2019). "'The Gandhi Murder' Review: A Muddled Conspiracy Thriller". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ Goldstein, Gary (29 January 2019). "Review: Conspiracy theories fail to engage in 'The Gandhi Murder'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
External links
[edit source]- 2019 films
- 2010s historical thriller films
- British historical thriller films
- British Indian films
- Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi
- English-language Indian films
- Films about Mahatma Gandhi
- Films set in India
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films set in the partition of India
- Films set in the Indian independence movement
- Works about the Mahatma Gandhi assassination
- Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Cultural depictions of Vallabhbhai Patel
- Morarji Desai
- 2019 English-language films
- 2019 British films
- English-language historical thriller films