Gandhiji used to speed up his walking speed when Margaret took pictures.

 

Mahatma Gandhi watched only two films in his entire lifetime. The first of these films was 'Mission to Moscow'. The second film Gandhiji was shown 'Ram Rajya' by art director Kanu Desai. In the Films Division, which has been under the British, there are countless circle drawings and static paintings of him available. Margaret White, who has taken a world-renowned static picture, has travelled with Gandhiji and has taken many stable portraits of hers.

It is said that sometimes Gandhiji used to speed up his walking while being photographed by Margaret. Rajkumar Hirani's 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai' is based on gandhiji's ideals. Many years before that, an Indian man settled in London, Patel, had thought of making a fiction film inspired by the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, but he lacked the means. Richard Attenborough's Gandhi also took a long time to become.

Naseeruddin Shah's screen test was also taken for the role of Gandhiji. For the economic equation of this big-budget film, it was practical that a star from the West should play the role of Gandhiji. Richard Attenborough chose London-based theatre artist Ben Kingsley for the role. Ben learned to drive the charkha for this character. He also fasted for several days.

He prepared himself to play the role of Gandhiji. A special train was built at chittaranjan railway factory so that everything looked reliable. Govind Nihalani was appointed as the cameraman of the second unit. While shooting for the same film, Govind Nihalani read Bhishma Sahni's novel 'Tamas'. In time, 'Tamas' was made for Doordarshan. In this way, it was possible for this film to become another film.

A lot can be done with good intention and willpower. Before shooting the scene of Gandhiji's last journey for the film, advertisements were given in the newspaper that money would be given for the crowd scene. Thousands of people took part in the shooting. They had to stand in the sun for hours. It is surprising that even after the shooting, no common man came to take remuneration. The common man had so much respect for Gandhiji.

Sir Richard Attenborough's American distributor put up only 5 prints of the film in big cities. The distributor was surprised that a huge number of spectators came. Gradually the number of theaters was increased and in one round the film was screened in 50 theaters in New York. Gandhiji first used the truth in South Africa. Even today, there is a statue of Gandhiji. Sir Richard Attenborough's film was also acclaimed in Africa.

Gandhiji had set up the Navjivan Shiksha Sansthan in Gujarat to give opportunity to the resourceless students to study. I have met talented students at a similar institution in Wardha. However, at a similar institution in Sadra, a few kilometres from Ahmedabad, I had the opportunity to express my views. I expressed my views on Mahatma Gandhi and the subject of cinema. I wrote a book on the advice of the principal.

Which was released by the Maurya Publishing Society. The book was also translated into English and Kannada. The English version was purchased in large numbers. The Kannada version was also welcomed but Hindi sold the lowest. The original book is in Hindi. Hindi reader ignored the book. It has been a long time since the order for translation in Marathi was issued.

However, Gandhiji-inspired Rajkumar Hirani's film was the best. Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin met in London and in this meeting, Gandhi expressed his views about the machine and inspired by this idea, Charlie's film 'Modern Times'.