On its release , The Hitvada , our news paper had published a review of the film , Gandhi my Father . The paper has maximum grading of FIVE stars and the reviewer had given this movie five stars !!! The only negative point the reviewer had to say about the movie was that it was "slow paced " .So we were quite curious to see the movie , so when Anuj and Puja suggested we readily agreed . This was our second movie in the INOX .
Here I must confess my considerable ignorance about the off springs produced by Gandhi & Kasturba . I vaguely knew that they had four children . Had read about his experiments with truth and his agony and the desire to control his libido and the desire for sex . His sleeping with teenage girls to prove to himself the amount of control he had achieved on his sexual desires . But alas did not really know or had little knowledge about his son Harilal .After couple of historical movies and the trouble created by self appointed guardians of Indian history and morality it must have taken considerable courage on the part of the producer ot produce this film . Knowing this ,
Anil Kapoor and the director of the movie must have thoroughly researched the subject before committing it to the film . So what was shown came as a surprise . It was shocking to hear a person who himself had studied in England in those days , to propound the theory that formal and school education did not build "character" and was not necessary for their children , consequently the Gandhi children , in Africa , were not attending any school !!!!! Harilal's keenness to study law and become a Barrister was well known to Gandhi and Kasturba , how ever he was never recommended by Gandhi and those whom he recommended never completed the course and let Gandhi down !!!!!! The film is very well directed , acted and was good in all the film making depertments . By the time film is over your heart goes out to Harilal . It must have been tremendous burden to live under the shadow of Gandhi . Harilal , not being made of sterner stuff could not bear that burden and caved in to suchan extent that the end was extremely tragic and unsung , unknown !!! In spite of this one does not think little of Harilal but comes out in total sympathy and empathy with him and here in lies the goodness and worth of the film to earn it 5 stars . I agree with the star rating but do not think that the film was slow paced , I think the pace was just right and as the requirement of the film . Over all a film worth a dekho , even if it exposed ones ignorence about " the mahatma "
Here I must confess my considerable ignorance about the off springs produced by Gandhi & Kasturba . I vaguely knew that they had four children . Had read about his experiments with truth and his agony and the desire to control his libido and the desire for sex . His sleeping with teenage girls to prove to himself the amount of control he had achieved on his sexual desires . But alas did not really know or had little knowledge about his son Harilal .After couple of historical movies and the trouble created by self appointed guardians of Indian history and morality it must have taken considerable courage on the part of the producer ot produce this film . Knowing this ,
Anil Kapoor and the director of the movie must have thoroughly researched the subject before committing it to the film . So what was shown came as a surprise . It was shocking to hear a person who himself had studied in England in those days , to propound the theory that formal and school education did not build "character" and was not necessary for their children , consequently the Gandhi children , in Africa , were not attending any school !!!!! Harilal's keenness to study law and become a Barrister was well known to Gandhi and Kasturba , how ever he was never recommended by Gandhi and those whom he recommended never completed the course and let Gandhi down !!!!!! The film is very well directed , acted and was good in all the film making depertments . By the time film is over your heart goes out to Harilal . It must have been tremendous burden to live under the shadow of Gandhi . Harilal , not being made of sterner stuff could not bear that burden and caved in to suchan extent that the end was extremely tragic and unsung , unknown !!! In spite of this one does not think little of Harilal but comes out in total sympathy and empathy with him and here in lies the goodness and worth of the film to earn it 5 stars . I agree with the star rating but do not think that the film was slow paced , I think the pace was just right and as the requirement of the film . Over all a film worth a dekho , even if it exposed ones ignorence about " the mahatma "
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