Gandhi's LAST WORDS---' HEY RAAM'

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2006)

Having watched this exceptionally perfect masterpiece many many times, I have remained slightly disappointed with Sir Richard Attenborough's choice in Gandhiji's last words of 'oh god' before his death.
Nodoubt, Sir Richard relied on ''translation'' of The Mahatma's last words but perhaps needed to dig deeper. Mahatma Gandhi was a devotee of 'Rama' --one of the incarnations of the Supreme Cosmic power. Rama --better pronounced as Raam--taught the world patience, love, tolerance, virtue, duty, sacrifice, care..... Mahatma Gandhi had adopted these principals in his life and read the Hindu scriptures , mainly 'THE GEETA' regularly. His last words---as everyone in India knows--- were 'HEY RAAM'. Such term/words give connotation of reverence to the Lord rather than the 'casual' note of 'oh god'. Yes, Mahatma Gandhi had deep faith in Jesus too, read the Bible and his favourite hymn was '' LEAD KINDLY LIGHT AMIDST THE ENCIRCLING GLOOM, LEAD THOU ME ON. THE NIGHT IS DARK AND I AM FAR FROM HOME--LEAD THOU ME ON'. Jesus, RAMA (RAAM), KRISHNA...TO A TRUE HINDU, ARE ALL INCARNATIONS ('UVTARS')OF THE CREATOR who is beyond the man-made factions of divinity-----which created us all.