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Gandhi
1982
· Movie
· 191 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #465
- IMDb #321
- Google retired #1449
- Rotten Tomatoes #489
- Metacritic #547
- Letterboxd #1306
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1136
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #324
- Metacritic Critics #767
- Metacritic Audience #443
- Criticker #389
- Douban #329
- Kinopoisk #239
- AlloCiné #415
- Trakt #865
Every rating
66–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the most agreed on films →The biography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a lawyer who becomes the leader of India's non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the British Empire. The film spans his life from his early days in South Africa to his role in freeing India from colonial rule through peaceful civil disobedience.
Details
- Director
- Richard Attenborough
- Writer
- John Briley
- Studio
- Goldcrest Films International, Indo-British, International Film Investors, National Film Development Corporation of India
- Released
- 1 December 1982
- Country
- India, United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Hindi
- Runtime
- 191 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $22.0M
- Box office
- $77.7M
- Awards
- 33 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 50 →14 major awards won · 33 wins from 50 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Picture | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Director | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | John Briley | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing ; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Cinematography | Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Costume Design | John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Film Editing | John Bloom | Winner |
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Academy Awards
11 nominations, 8 won
| Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing ; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya | Winner |
| Best Director | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | John Bloom | Winner |
| Best Picture | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | John Briley | Winner |
| Best Makeup | Tom Smith | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Ravi Shankar and George Fenton | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, and Simon Kaye | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | John Briley | Winner |
| New Star of the Year – Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special | Ravi Shankar and George Fenton | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
16 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Rohini Hattangadi | Winner |
| Best Direction | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Best Film | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Edward Fox | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Roshan Seth | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Candice Bergen | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | John Bloom | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up Artist | Tom Smith | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Stuart Craig | Nominee |
| Best Score for a Film | Ravi Shankar and George Fenton | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | John Briley | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, and Simon Kaye | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Foreign Film | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Best Foreign Producer | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| European David Award | Richard Attenborough | Winner |
| Best Foreign Screenplay | John Briley | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | John Bloom | Winner |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor | Winner |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Actor of the Year | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |