All-Time Great Performance By Ben Kingsly.

Rating: 8/10 (22 September 2013)

Ben Kingsly plays real life Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi in one of the best performances in screen history, richly deserving his best actor Academy Award, and the film itself won Best Picture, with Richard Attenborough winning best director.
Film details how Gandhi went from a young lawyer who leads the campaign for Indian rights in British ruled South Africa after he is shamefully thrown off a train because he wasn't allowed to travel first class(despite his ticket). Later, Gandhi becomes a national hero and leader who calls for India's independence from Great Britain, but who does so by strictly non-violent protest, which amazingly does work for them, since they gain world sympathy due to favorable press coverage. Independence doesn't come without cost, since the divide between Muslims and Hindus is too great, resulting in the formation of Pakistan, and later Gandhi's assassination...
Long film is made compelling because of Ben Kingsly's superlative portrayal, and epic sized story telling.