Movie STINKS. Complete FALSEIFICATION of history.

Rating: 1/10 (14 November 2006)

A complete joke of a film whose producers clearly (and unfortunately successfully) try to push the "feel good" emotional aspect of Gandhi without showing the truth and consequence of his actions. Part of the reason of the film's commercial and critical success despite the complete inaccuracy is the basic ignorance of the lay viewer. Viewers just want to see a happy ending regardless of truth and if this happy ending is achieved the expense of the "evil White man" then modern Hollywood feels good about itself.
India had been a "country" of numerous racial, religious and ethnic groups clash very violently with one another. The introduction of British trade brought a sense of stability that the region had never seen in its entire history. India is in more of a mess today than ever before. So much of the country has gone downhill that there has been a mass exodus of millions to flood all first world countries as well as many other 3rd world countries. This is even with the flooding of outsourced jobs in the fields of telecom and computers into the region by first world countries! I wouldn't be surprised if India has the highest absolute number of people emigrating.
In short this movie stinks. It is completely and entirely inaccurate. Take everything with a grain a salt or even better do not watch it altogether.