The Gandhi Murder
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. 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. 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 External links 2019 films 2010s historical thriller films British historical thriller films British Indian films Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi English-language Indian films Films about Mahatma Gandhi Films set in India Films set in the 1940s Films set in the partition of India Films set in the Indian independence movement Works about the Mahatma Gandhi assassination Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural depictions of Vallabhbhai Patel Morarji Desai 2010s English-language films 2010s British films