California
The life, spirit and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi will be celebrated on “Gandhi Day” Sunday at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center, beginning with a showing of the Oscar-winning movie “Gandhi” and a discussion by speakers from the San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council.
Sept. 28, 1996
Entertainment & Arts
British actor Ben Kingsley, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the film “Gandhi,” will play Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in an Italian television series, Italian newspapers reported Wednesday.
April 30, 1987
Movies
Read Sheila Benson’s 1982 review of “Gandhi”
Dec. 8, 1982
For many moviegoers, Richard Attenborough will be best remembered as an avuncular, white-bearded presence in films such as “Jurassic Park” and “Miracle on 34th Street.”
Aug. 25, 2014
“The Gandhi Murder,” which posits a crisscross of events that may have led to the 1948 assassination of Indian activist and peace proponent Mahatma Gandhi (71 years ago, Wednesday), works hard to portray how a deadly conspiracy allegedly unfolded against a nation divided by religion, but never fully engages us in its complex tale.
Jan. 29, 2019
Obituaries
The Canadian who started out as a chemical engineer founded Britain’s Goldcrest Films, which revived the country’s cinema industry.
Sept. 8, 2012
World & Nation
The Indian government has joined the anti-”Last Temptation of Christ” forces, United News of India reported Sunday.
Oct. 17, 1988
Jake Eberts, the Canadian independent producer and founder of Britain’s Goldcrest Films, which revived the British cinema industry in the 1980s with a string of Oscar-winning movies, including “Gandhi” and “Chariots of Fire,” died Thursday in Montreal.
Lord Richard Attenborough, the respected British actor and Academy Award-winning director of “Gandhi,” the multiple-Oscar-winning best picture of 1982, has died.
Aug. 24, 2014
Review: Filmmaker becomes guru in ‘Kumare’
Aug. 3, 2012