The Gandhi Murder

2019 British-Indian historical political thriller film

Stephen Lang
Behzad Khan
Luke Pasqualino
Om Puri
Vinnie Jones
Jesus Sans

CinematographyTim Angulo
Ajayan VincentMusic byRobert Diggy Morrison

Production
company

Nugen Media Production

Release date

30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)^[1]

Running time

118 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageEnglishBudget£15 million

The Gandhi Murder is a 2019 historical political thriller film directed by Karim Traïdia and Pankaj Sehgal. It examines the events leading to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.^[2] It stars Stephen Lang, Luke Pasqualino, Om Puri and Vinnie Jones.

Plot

Set in the fraught aftermath of India’s independence from Britain and the partition of British India into India and Pakistan, the film follows the conflicted — and failed — efforts of three disparate Indian police officers (Stephen Lang, Luke Pasqualino and Om Puri) to act upon intel suggesting that Hindu militants were planning to kill Gandhi (Jesus Sans) for his tolerance of Muslims.

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.^[3] The New York Times was equally critical, questioning the basis of the film and calling the production 'shoddy'.^[4] 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.'^[5]

References

^ "Official US Trailer for 'The Gandhi Murder' Conspiracy Theory Drama". FirstShowing.net. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ Shyam, Kumar (29 January 2019). "'India has a love hate relationship with Gandhi': 'The Gandhi Murder' filmmakers talk to us as movie's release in India cancelled". The National. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ McCahill, Mike (30 January 2019). "The Gandhi Murder review – Vinnie Jones steps into Indian history". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ Kenigsberg, Ben (29 January 2019). "'The Gandhi Murder' Review: A Muddled Conspiracy Thriller". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ Goldstein, Gary (29 January 2019). "Review: Conspiracy theories fail to engage in 'The Gandhi Murder'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 March 2019.