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Gandhi

1982 film directed by Richard Attenborough
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Summary

Gandhi is a film[1]. Gandhi ranks in the top 0.97% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,827 views/month, #917 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Actor[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[6], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[7], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[8], Academy Award for Best Costume Design[9], Academy Award for Best Production Design[10], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[11], National Board of Review Award for Best Film[12]
  • Director: Richard Attenborough[13]
  • Screenwriter: John Briley[14]
  • Composer: Ravi Shankar[15], George Fenton[16]
  • Genre: biographical film[17], flashback film[18], drama film[19], historical drama[20]
  • Cast member: Ben Kingsley[21], Candice Bergen[22], Edward Fox[23], John Gielgud[24], Trevor Howard[25], John Mills[26], Martin Sheen[27], Ian Charleson[28], Athol Fugard[29], Amrish Puri[30], Roshan Seth[31], Rohini Hattangadi[32], Ian Bannen[33], Richard Griffiths[34]
  • Producer: Richard Attenborough[35]
  • Depicts: partition of India[36], Dharasana Satyagraha[37], Salt March[38], Jallianwala Bagh massacre[39], Champaran Satyagraha[40], British-Indian Round Table Conferences[41]

Why It Matters

Gandhi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Gandhi is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

FAQs

What awards did Gandhi receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Actor[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], and Academy Award for Best Cinematography[6].

Related Entities

Abdul Ghaffar Khan Abul Kalam Azad Amrish Puri Ben Kingsley Bernard Hill Candice Bergen Daniel Day-Lewis Edward Fox Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax England film Gopal Krishna Gokhale Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy India Jan Christiaan Smuts Jawaharlal Nehru John Gielgud John Mills John Ratzenberger Kasturba Gandhi Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Mahatma Gandhi Margaret Bourke-White Martin Sheen Mohammad Ali Jinnah Nathuram Godse Netflix Nigel Hawthorne Om Puri Ramsay MacDonald

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Schemathings · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    First line → No man's life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no
    Depicts → partition of India, Dharasana Satyagraha, Salt March +4
    Last line → Think of it.
    Cast member → Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox +51
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  2. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s +5
    Main subject → Mahatma Gandhi, satyagraha, nonviolent resistance +1
    Narrative location → South Africa, India, England +4
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  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s +5
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  5. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s +5
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  6. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 407
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  8. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Stuart Craig
    Publication date → +1982-12-10T00:00:00Z, +1983-03-18T00:00:00Z, +1983-02-18T00:00:00Z +4
    Screenwriter → John Briley
    Part of → Vatican's list of films
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