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I saw this movie at a special screening in Bombay a few years ago and recently remembered it when the director has made another movie on a great Indian freedom fighter - Subhash Chandra Bose. This movie tried to capture a younger Gandhi without the halo around his head. I thought the scene where he is thrown out of the train for traveling in a first-class compartment in South Africa and his indignation at this slight is captured more beautifully than the more popular movie by Attenborough. This is more of a story of the Mahatma's journey toward greatness rather than about him. It's well worth a watch...and it's a shame I can't find it on DVD anywhere.

It is easily one of the best movies you have seen so far this year. It shows a case of history repeating itself - the English call the Muslims infidels and think of the British Empire as a God-given right to rule the "inferior natives" of the Empire. I got to see this movie 2 days before its release and the theatre was packed. It received a round of applause and the titles starting rolling in. Hopefully, this movie will win some Oscars.

I first saw this movie in India as a 5 year old. Since then, I have seen quite a few times - it remains one of my favorites. Peter Sellers was a brilliant actor, and he carries the movie well. Being Indian, I did not think of the movie as racist. It was made in the politically incorrect 60s, so it is no big deal. It does strengthen the sterotype of an Indian - but I have seen enough Indian movies to know that stereotyping foreigners is a two-way traffic - it occurs in all nations. Good movie - am glad it is finally out on DVD.