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| director = [[Vithalbhai Jhaveri]]<br />
| producer = The Gandhi National Memorial Fund<br>[[Films Division of India]]<br />
| writer = Vithalbhai Jhaveri<br />
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| runtime = 330 minutes<br />
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'''''Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869–1948''''' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfHUvW7L5-k#t=5h6m10s |title=Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869–1948 (1968 - 5hrs 10min)|publisher=Channel of GandhiServe Foundation |accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref> is a 1968 documentary biography film, detailing the life of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. The film was produced by The Gandhi National Memorial Fund in cooperation with the [[Films Division]] of the Government of India, and was directed and scripted by [[Vithalbhai Jhaveri]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vithalbhai Jhaveri|url=http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/our_photographers/vithalbhai_jhaveri.html|publisher=GandhiServe Foundation|accessdate=30 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231162132/http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/our_photographers/vithalbhai_jhaveri.html|archive-date=31 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jhaveri also provides the commentary throughout the film. The film is in black and white, contains 33 reels (14 chapters), and runs for 330 minutes.<br />
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The film was made to seek to tell the life story Gandhi, and his incessant search for Truth.<br />
The film contains animation, live photography and old prints to provide an integrated image of his life. The story itself is narrated using mostly Gandhi's own words.<br />
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There are several versions of the film. There is the 5 hour version in English, a shorter version which runs for 2 hours and 16 minutes, and an even shorter version which runs for an hour. A Hindi version exists, running for 2 hours and 20 minutes, and a German version at 1 hour and 44 minutes.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of artistic depictions of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]<br />
* [[List of longest films by running time]]<br />
* [[Vithalbhai Jhaveri]]<br />
* [[Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfHUvW7L5-k#t=5h6m10s Mahatma Gandhi : Film : MAHATMA - Life of Gandhi, 1869-1948 (5hrs 10min) Channel of GandhiServe Foundation]<br />
* [http://www.gandhiserve.org/streams/mahatma.html Mahatma: Life of Gandhi 1869 - 1948 streams and commentaries] - Offers various versions of the movie for free online viewing and written commentaries on the film.<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/Mahatma_1945_1947.html?id=Q3VDAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y Vithalbhai K. Javeri & D.G. Tendulkar, 1953]<br />
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