"Gandhi" Blog

The movie “Gandhi” was reviewed by several sources; however, two perspectives were written about heavily. The first perspective was one in which the movie was praised for capturing the life of one the most interesting characters in the twentieth century. Much praise went to the director for his efforts in filming Gandhi’s accomplishments from the beginning in South Africa to his death in India. I agree that the director succeeded in capturing Gandhi’s over character, demeanor, and accomplishments. However, I favored the more critical reviews of the movie for a few reasons. As many reviews pointed out, Muslims were portrayed poorly in the movie. On several occasions the movie showed acts of violence then quickly moved to a scene showing Jinnah as to almost connect him to the violence. One scene shows Jinnah’s impatients while he waits for the Hindus to finish their prayers. Still other scenes display Muslim leadership as actively promoting violence. The conflict between Hindus and Muslims was not one sided, but I fear that anyone who watches the movie would be led to believe the Muslims were to blame for the violence. The director should have done more to make the picture more historically accurate.