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He was well dressed, yet not very well-spoken. He was on his way to Pakistan to meet with the officials when he was shot. There were Hindus and Muslims living in India, and they couldn't get along. It was a very sad ending to a great story.I think this movie related to world religions because it shows how people who practice different religions sometimes don't get along if they are living close together. He went around India meeting with people who wanted to be freed from the British Empire's rule, and thus formed an alliance that preached non-violence. I'm assuming that from all of this, it is how Pakistan became a country but I am not positive. One of the main ways they made the British soldiers look bad to the rest of the world was when they tried to raid the salt mill. In this particular movie, Muslims and Hindus were living in India and there was so much hate between the two groups, it eventually led to rioting and a civil war that almost destroyed the whole country.
By the end though, everything was worked out- not to say that there isn't any animosity between the groups. In my opinion, that is what started Gandhi's quest to free his people, and decided to go back to India where he was from. At the beginning of the movie, Gandhi was in South Africa working as an attorney. It worked very well at first- Indian's would gather and listen to Gandhi speak about how they could gain independence. The significance in this was that the salt was gained from the Indian Ocean, and thus belonged to the Indians.
Peace can be accomplished if everyone has Gandhi's outlook on life and non-violence. By the end of the movie, Gandhi convinced everyone to stop the fighting and live as brothers. In one of the first scenes, he was thrown off a train because a "colored person" wasn't allowed to ride in the 1st class section, even though he had a ticket. When they would walk up to the gate, the British soldiers would beat them down and the Indians never fought back, making them look cruel and harsh to the rest of the world.Eventually, Britain left India on good terms with the Indians, although civil war started to break out. I loved this movie because of the passion the Gandhi had for other people, and the impact that one man can make on an entire country.
Gandhi started to fast and people eventually started to see the light, and stop fighting.
I loved this film, which I knew I would as I saw it in a theater when it came out, and Gandhi is one of my all time favorite people. Parts were even moving.The best $10.49 I ever spent. (To bad they didn't do a four hour or ten hour :-) director's cut).What made this DVD wonderful for me were the featurettes and inteview with Ben Kingsley. I learned a lot more about the filming which was entertaining and informative in its own right.
I am a school teacher and I bought this movie to supplement a unit on imperialism, India's fight for freedom and the changes brought about by Ghandi. I would highly recomend this movie. It was a great aid in meeting my frame works.
After returning to India, Gandhi had convinced himself that he must get in touch with the masses and persuade them to follow him in nonviolent and non-cooperative protest against British Rule. This shows that the Hindu religion requires strong will and devotion. In this movie I realized Gandhi chose to be a better man. After watching the movie the way of the Hindus was beyond belief. Gandhi was able to lead a highly effective march in South Africa, and his success caused him to return to India where he could work for an even greater cause, Indian Independence. Religion was not only a belief but a way of life, not only something that is faith filled but makes up who you are. The "Mahatma" (Great Soul) as he was called by his followers. I was sorrowful for the violence throughout the movie.
Many lives that were lost and people that were injured and the greatest loss of all the death of Gandhi. Although Indian Independence was Gandhi's main goal, he struggled with the idea that Hindus and Muslims did not want to live together after India had gained independence. In the movie, Gandhi began his work against the injustices of the British Empire when he was a young man in South Africa. Gandhi died at a time when he wanted to achieve an end the hostility that the Hindus and Muslims had towards one another. While traveling through South Africa, and being thrown off a train because of his race , until his death he led his people with hope and strong beliefs.
Gandhi possessed such a strong devotion, faith filled belief in his way of life that was admiring. From the ways of what level of the cast system to the stages in which you follow throughout life. Through marches, demonstrations, and protests, Gandhi was able to bring the attention of the world to India by displaying the violence of the British empire and not retaliating with violence. The British ruled the nation of India, and treated the citizens as second class. Hindu religion was well portrayed in this movie it lead to a greater understanding of the Hindu religion and the "Mahatma" (Great Soul) Gandhi.
In the movie the Hindu religion was depicted as a strong loyalty to ones beliefs.
He becomes widely known as Mahatma, meaning great-souled. After watching the movie I found that Hinduism beliefs played a huge part in this movie. The government finally recognizes rights for Indians. Dignitaries from around the world attended his funeral. Gandhi spends his last days trying to bring peace between the nations.
The audience then sees Gandhi's cremation and the film ended with a scene of Gandhi's ashes being scattered on the holy Ganga. In 1983, Gandhi was thrown off a train in Africa for being an Indian. Gandhi continued to set up non-violent campaigns. After an evening prayer, Gandhi is helped out for his evening walk to meet greeters and admirers. He believed in treating people the way you want to be treated.
Gandhi then went back to India where he became a national hero. As the man shoots Gandhi, the film fades to black and Gandhi voice is heard saying "Oh God". Gandhi declared a hunger strike stating that he will not eat until the fighting stops. The film begins with Gandhi's assassination on 30 January 1948, and his funeral.
He begins to anger his dissidents on both sides. After the funeral the story go back 55 years. Joanna GoinsREL-110-E02GandhiGandhi is a 1982 biographical film based on the life and death of Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century.
After this experience he begins to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in Africa. He wanted freedom and peace among the different religions. Gandhi was Hindu and he believed in non-violence.
Gandhi traveled into troubled areas, conducting prayer vigils and fasts, but on one of these visits in 1948 he was assassinated by a Hindu extremist at the end of the film that recalls the opening of the movie. One of the greeters shoots him point blank in the chest. Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nation-wide violence.
The fighting finally stops and the country divides by religion.
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