< The Making of the Mahatma (1996)

MOVIE | 2h 24m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.1 (234)

Biography, Drama, History | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was invited to South Africa in 1893 to settle a case for a wealthy Indian settled there. He expected to return in a few months but instead got involved in the freedom movement and eventually stayed for 21 years.

• Director: Shyam Benegal
• Writer: Fatima Meer
• Writer: Shyam Benegal
• Writer: Shama Zaidi
• Rajit Kapoor (33) - Barrister Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• Pallavi Joshi (27) - Kasturba Gandhi
• Keith Stevenson - Rustomjee
• Paul Slabolepszy (48) - Jan Smuts
• Jack Devnarain (25) - Cachalia
• Strini Pillai - Dada Abdullah
• Charles Pillai - Thambi Naidoo
• Siraj Khan - Adult Harilal
• Prean Naidoo - Vincent Lawrence
• John Whiteley - Harry Escombe
• Dale Cutts - Reverend Baker
• Amitha Anand - Jadubansi
• Shafa'ath-Ahmad Khan - Seth Tyeb
• Kaycey Padayachee - Mir Alam
• Douglas Bristow - Mr. Chamney
• David Clatworthy (36) - Hermann Kallenbach
• Zane Hannan - Harry Sparks
• Suria Govender - Mrs. Thambi Nadoo
• Bradley Mart - Henry Polak
• Ronny Belcher - Albert West