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| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Karim Tradia
Pankaj Sehgal

| producer = Ralitza Ivanova
Nogen Boruah
Moobi Alwright

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| screenplay = Ralitza Ivanova

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| music = Robert Diggy Morrison

| cinematography = Tim Angulo
Ajayan Vincent

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| studio = Nugen Media Production

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| runtime = 118 minutes

| country = India

| language = English

| budget = 15 million

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'The Gandhi Murder' is a 2019 historical political thriller film directed by Karim Tradia and Pankaj Sehgal. It examines the events leading to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. It stars Stephen Lang, Luke Pasqualino, Om Puri and Vinnie Jones.

Plot



The film posits that the assassination of Gandhi was aided and abetted by the British, exploiting weaknesses and political divisions in India's police and security services. Three Indian police officers (Lang, Pasqualino and Puri) try to stop this.

Cast



* Stephen Lang as D.I.G Sunil Raina

* Luke Pasqualino as DCP Jimmy

* Om Puri as T.G.

* Vinnie Jones as Sir Norman Smith

* Vikas Shrivastav as Nathuram Godse

* Jesus Sans as Gandhi

* Bobbie Phillips as Elizabeth

* Mark Moses as Sir Percy Sillitoe

* Rajit Kapur as Jawaharlal Nehru

* Elissar as Edwina Seductress

* Nassar as SSP Ashok

*Vivaan Tiwari as Inspector Onkar

*Raajpal Yadav as DSP Singh

*Gregory Schwabe as Lord Mountbatten

*Colton Tapp as John Booth

*Anant Mahadevan as Professor Jain

*Avtar Gill as Sardar Patel

*Govind Namdeo as Morarji Desai; D.S. Parchure

*Joseph K. Bevilacqua as Abraham Lincoln

*Behzad Khan as Vishnu Karkare

*Sachin Nikam as DSP Doel

*Lisa Holsappel-Marrs as Edwina Mountbatten

*Ravi Gossain as Nana

*Gaurav Mohindra as Sub Inspector Deshmukh

*Vishal Om Prakash as Inspector (CID) Raj

*Alessa Novelli as Emily

*Alen Thomson as Madan Lal

*Amit Verma as Samsher

*Pankaj Sehgal as Sam

*Chetan Arora as ACP Rao Saheb Gurtu

Reception



'The Guardian' panned the film, awarding it one star and criticizing the strange casting choices (such as Lang as an Indian character) and poor production values. 'The New York Times' was equally critical, questioning the basis of the film and calling the production 'shoddy'. 'The Los Angeles Times' called the script 'clunky' and said 'Its timely messages become muted amid a kaleidoscope of settings, characters, brusque action scenes, blunt speechifying and wan romance.'

See also



* List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi

References




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