Kingsley's best work to date

Rating: 9/10 (30 January 2004)

Ben Kingsley stars as Gandhi, who nearly singlehandedly won the independence for India from the British Empire. Kingsley gives an extremely powerful performance in this as the peaceful but determined Gandhi. In fact, I believe that this is probably the best acting I've seen him do - ever! Candice Bergen portrays Margaret Bourke-White, a highly respected and talented photographer, who was there to record parts of the drama for the world to see. Directed by Richard Attenborough, it won the 1982 Best Picture award, winning over the blockbuster ET, which was expected to win the big award.