Synopses

Mahatma Gandhi is numbered among the most fascinating protagonists of recent world history. The success of his non-violent struggles against racial and caste discrimination in India and South Africa have elevated him to a role model - after whose example human rights activists such as Martin Luther King patterned their efforts. The film, set in India, is a search for clues: Just who was this small man with large ears, whom Winston Churchill mockingly nicknamed "the half-naked Faker"? The first prime minister of India, Jawaharalal Nehru, was his friend and disciple. Following Gandhi's murder on January 30, 1948 at the hands of a Hindu fundamentalist, Nehru said: The Light of our Life has gone out."