Biographical epic on the life of Mohandas K Gandhi, a proponent of peaceful revolution who led his country's fight for independence and was subsequently assassinated.
Production Carolina Bank; Goldcrest Films International [gb](present); Indo-British(present) (as Indo-British Films Ltd.); International Film Investors(present); National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) [in](present) (as National Film Development Corporation Ltd. of India);
Cast Names Ben Kingsley; Candice Bergen; Edward Fox; John Gielgud; Trevor Howard; John Mills; Martin Sheen; Ian Charleson; Athol Fugard; Günther Maria Halmer; Saeed Jaffrey; Geraldine James; Alyque Padamsee; Amrish Puri; Roshan Seth; Rohini Hattangadi; Ian Bannen; Michael Bryant; John Clements; Richard Griffiths; Nigel Hawthorne; Bernard Hepton; Michael Hordern; Shreeram Lagoo; Om Puri; Virendra Razdan; Richard Vernon; Harsh Nayyar; Prabhakar Patankar; Vijay Kashyap; Nigam Prakash; Supriya Pathak; Neena Gupta; Shane Rimmer; Peter Harlowe; Anang Desai; Winston Ntshona; Peter Cartwright; Marius Weyers; Richard Mayes;
Box Office USD 31,226,069
Release Date 1982-12-06 (New York City, New York) (premiere) 1982-12-07 (Los Angeles, California) (premiere) 1982-12-08