Gripping account and great movie about a great man. Well researched and quite authentic. A must watch! I found only one technical weak (minor) spot in the film.

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2006)

I found Gandhi to be quite an exciting film. The 3 hour long film has a very good pace and i was quite absorbed by it. I saw it on BBC which means no commercial breaks and i was really hard-pressed for a toilet break as i didn't want to miss anything. :) TECHNICALLY i couldn't fault with the film apart from one thing in one of the very early Scenes... ****Minor Spoiler*** Skip this para! ....where people are walking to greet the Mahatma. You can see the eyes of a few in the crowd stray to the camera to the right. But this was really the only thing. The rest of the film is superb.
HISTORICAL ACCURACY. It is a challenge always, to have to decide which things to include and which not. Sometimes events of symbolic value hold not much cinematic impact and there we must grant the director some Laissez-faire. Considering all that - the film in my opinion and knowledge of history tries to be true and depicts very well the transformation of a man from a shy lawyer to a "radical". There are some people and events that are not represented fully or altogether missed out - but then its only 3 hours we have here.
I think this film will appeal to people who have interest in the events that shaped the 20th century world, and to whom a pop-star is not all the celebrity they need. Here is a man who is unique not because he helped India break free of the shackles of colonialism or that he helped the downtrodden or that he was loved by millions, but because he held Truth to be the highest ideal and showed the world that non-violence is much more powerful than anything else. (Pay heed Mr.Bush and you religious war-mongers). Gandhi was of a privileged family, studied in England and lived abroad for more than 24 years and yet gave it all up. He had it in his heart to really understand the suffering and plight of humanity. Buddha and Mahavira did it 2000 years ago and then Gandhi. Gandhi is simply the most amazing person! I think Albert Einstein said the following at the time of Gandhis death "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood."