Gandhi, My Father

The account of troubled relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his eldest son.

Director:

 Feroz Abbas Khan

Writers:

 Chandulal Dalal (book), Feroz Abbas Khan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Akshaye Khanna	...	Harilal Gandhi
	Darshan Jariwala	...	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
	Shefali Shetty	...	Kasturba Gandhi (as Shefali Shah)
	Bhoomika Chawla	...	Gulab Gandhi
	Daniel Janks	...	Henry Polak
	Ilanit Shapiro	...	Sonja Schlesin (as Illanit Shipiro)
	Mithilesh Chaturvedi	...	Zakaria
	Rajendranath Zutshi	...	Grieving Fast Food Stall Owner
	Bomie E. Dotiwala	...	Photographer (as Bomi Dotiwalla)
	Gregg Viljoen	...	General Ian Smutts (as Greg Villojen)
	Rustom Irani	...	Mahadev Desai
	Nayan Shukla	...	Jeevan
	Padmesh Rawal	...	Narottamdas
	Dharmendra Gohil	...	Harilal's Arya Samaj room-mate
	Mona Ambegaonkar	...	Prostitute

Storyline

Mohandas was born in the Gujarati speaking family, had several brothers who jointly owned property in Rajkot. At the age of 13 Mohandas married Kasturba. On attaining maturity he re-located to England, became a Barrister, returned home, and together with Kasturba re-located to South Africa. They returned to India for a few years and this is where they became parents of four sons: Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas and Devdas. Subsequently, the family returned to South Africa, leaving Harilal alone. As Harilal did not do well in his studies he got married to Gulab without his parents' blessings. Mohandas then invited Harilal to South Africa and on his Secretary's request also invited Gulab, who had recently given birth to a daughter, Rami. Harilal wanted to be a Barrister like his father but found his movements restricted as his father wanted him to actively participate against the Satanist and Racist British regime, leading to Harilal being arrested and imprisoned. Harilal's hopes of becoming a...