A true and wonderful biography

Rating: 8/10 (5 April 2009)

I am seeing this movie after about twenty seven years, still I found it to be wonderful and thoroughly watchable. I feel that a film made after 20 years of hard work cannot e bad in any way.
The thing that I liked about Gandhi was that it firstly has a perfect cast who spoke fluent English. I did not see Nehru or other leaders speaking in broken English like in some other movies where all the Indians speak in a really terrible manner.
Ben Kingsley sinks his teeth deep into his role as Gandhi and has done an excellent job and surely deserves the Oscar for best Actor. He perfectly understood the role that he was given and his eyes conveyed all his emotions. I also find it creditable that he changed his way of talking throughout the film. For example, when he was in South Africa he sort of had an accent but in his later life in India, he begins to speak like a normal Indian without an accent.
Everyone else play their part very well. The film is much better than Slumdog Millionaire because it seems to true and the characters come to life, mainly because they are experienced. The film deserves all the Oscars that it has got. I did find it a bit long, especially towards the end, yet it succeeds in narrating the life of Gandhi. 8 out of 10.