Mohandas (2019)

Directed by

P. Sheshadri

Country

India

How it feels

This film follows Mahatma Gandhi from the ages of 6 to 14, showing his childhood in India. It focuses on his family life and early experiences.

biographicalearnestgentlenostalgicfamily-orientedinspirationalquiethistorical

What happens

Mohandas is an Indian biographical film about the childhood of Mahatma Gandhi. It is written and directed by nine-time National Film Award winner P. Sheshadri and was made in two languages simultaneously, Hindi and Kannada. It is partially based on Sahitya Akademi Award winning Kannada writer Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi's book Papu Gandhi, Bapu Gandhi Aada Kathe: The Story of Mahatma Gandhi and The Story of My Experiments with Truth, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. The film covers the events of Gandhi's childhood from the ages of 6 to 14. The cast includes Param Swamy playing Gandhi as a child and Samarth Hombal playing Gandhi as a teenager. Shruti plays Gandhi's mother Putlibai and Anant Mahadevan plays his father Karamchand Gandhi. Other cast members include Shriram H. R., Abhayankar Bellur, Surya, Mata Koppala, Deepa Ravishankar and Nandini Vittal. Veteran actor H. G. Dattatreya appears in a cameo. At the 54th Karnataka State Film Awards, organized by Karnataka Government, the film won the maximum (4) awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematographer and Best Art Direction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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