The film "Gandhi" I consider to be one of Richard Attenboroughs finest and one of my most favorite films. The film tells the life of the nonviolent historical figure Mahatma Gandhi we know this from the title. The leading role was played by Ben Kingsley who did a superb job and deserved the Oscar that he won for portraying this Gandhi. The films also had a great cast with stars like John Gielgud, Martin Sheen and John Mills to name a few. I found this film very moving Kingsley played the part of Gandhi so convincingly that it is hard to believe that he is not actually Gandhi but an actor. The end and beginning of the film when Gandhi is killed is a very powerful moment in this film. It made me sad to see Gandhi die he was such a nice and important person in the film. The good news was that Gandhi accomplished his goal. He stopped the fighting in India and went back to god a happy man.

The story of the life of Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi, from his days as a struggling anti-racist lawyer in apartheid-era South Africa to becoming Indian leader. Returning to India, Gandhi sees the British treating Indians as second-class citizens. He inspires his countrymen to rise against the British through non-violent means.

Attenborough's account of the life and tumultuous times of Mahatma Gandhi is truly epic in both scope and scale. Covering five decades worth of Indian history, the film follows the blueprint of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia: beginning with the death of the protagonist, following with his funeral and flashing back to his life's achievements. Attenborough's commitment to the project was itself epic, the director had begun researching the project twenty years earlier and had been planning it for the best part of four decades.

Before CGI allowed filmmakers to create digital crowd scenes, Gandhi set the record for the sheer number of extras: a quarter of a million extras were employed for a single scene. Kingsley's extraordinary chameleon-like performance won him an Academy Award; one of the nine that the film earned.