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See also 'List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi'

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	''[[The Guardian (newspaper)\|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.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/30/the-gandhi-review-karim-traidia-vinnie-jones\|title=The Gandhi Murder review – Vinnie Jones steps into Indian history\|last=McCahill\|first=Mike\|date=2019-01-30\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=2019-03-02\|language=en-GB\|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' was equally critical, questioning the basis of the film and calling the production 'shoddy'.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/movies/the-gandhi-murder-review.html\|title=‘The Gandhi Murder’ Review: A Muddled Conspiracy Thriller\|last=Kenigsberg\|first=Ben\|date=2019-01-29\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=2019-03-02\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[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.'<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-gandhi-murder-review-20190129-story.html\|title=Review: Conspiracy theories fail to engage in ‘The Gandhi Murder’\|last=Goldstein\|first=Gary\|website=latimes.com\|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>		''[[The Guardian (newspaper)\|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.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/30/the-gandhi-review-karim-traidia-vinnie-jones\|title=The Gandhi Murder review – Vinnie Jones steps into Indian history\|last=McCahill\|first=Mike\|date=2019-01-30\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=2019-03-02\|language=en-GB\|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' was equally critical, questioning the basis of the film and calling the production 'shoddy'.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/movies/the-gandhi-murder-review.html\|title=‘The Gandhi Murder’ Review: A Muddled Conspiracy Thriller\|last=Kenigsberg\|first=Ben\|date=2019-01-29\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=2019-03-02\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[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.'<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-gandhi-murder-review-20190129-story.html\|title=Review: Conspiracy theories fail to engage in ‘The Gandhi Murder’\|last=Goldstein\|first=Gary\|website=latimes.com\|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>

			==See also==
			* [[List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]

	==References==		==References==

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{short description|2019 British-Indian historical political thriller film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Gandhi Murder
| image = The Gandhi Murder poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Karim Traïdia <br> Pankaj Sehgal
| producer = Ralitza Ivanova <br> Nogen Boruah <br> Moobi Alwright
| writer =
| screenplay = Ralitza Ivanova
| story =
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Stephen Lang]]
* [[Behzad Khan]]
* [[Luke Pasqualino]]
* [[Om Puri]]
* [[Vinnie Jones]]
* Jesus Sans}}
| music = Robert Diggy Morrison
| cinematography = Tim Angulo <br> [[Ajayan Vincent]]
| editing =
| studio = Nugen Media Production
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2019|01|30|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2018/official-us-trailer-for-the-gandhi-murder-conspiracy-theory-drama/|title=Official US Trailer for 'The Gandhi Murder' Conspiracy Theory Drama|website=FirstShowing.net|accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 118 minutes
| country = India
| language = English
| budget = £15 million
| gross =
}}
'''''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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/india-has-a-love-hate-relationship-with-gandhi-the-gandhi-murder-filmmakers-talk-to-us-as-movie-s-release-in-india-cancelled-1.819381|title='India has a love hate relationship with Gandhi': 'The Gandhi Murder' filmmakers talk to us as movie's release in India cancelled|date=29 January 2019|website=The National|first=Kumar|last=Shyam|language=en|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> It stars [[Stephen Lang]], [[Luke Pasqualino]], [[Om Puri]] and [[Vinnie Jones]].

==Plot==
The film posits that the assassination of Gandhi was aided and abetted by the British, exploiting weaknesses and political divisions in India's police and security services. Three Indian police officers (Lang, Pasqualino and Puri) try to stop this.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[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 [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]]
* [[Bobbie Phillips]] as Elizabeth
* [[Mark Moses]] as Sir Percy Sillitoe
* [[Rajit Kapur]] as [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
* Elissar as Edwina – Seductress
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as SSP Ashok
*Vivaan Tiwari as Inspector Onkar
*[[Raajpal Yadav]] as DSP Singh
*Gregory Schwabe as [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]]
*[[Colton Tapp]] as [[John Wilkes Booth|John Booth]]
*[[Anant Mahadevan]] as [[Jagdish Chandra Jain|Professor Jain]]
*[[Avtar Gill]] as [[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Patel]]
*[[Govind Namdev|Govind Namdeo]] as [[Morarji Desai]]; [[Dattatraya Parchure|D.S. Parchure]]
*Joseph K. Bevilacqua as [[Abraham Lincoln]]
*Behzad Khan as [[Vishnu Ramkrishna Karkare|Vishnu Karkare]]
*Sachin Nikam as DSP Doel
*Lisa Holsappel-Marrs as [[Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma|Edwina Mountbatten]]
*[[Ravi Gossain]] as [[Narayan Apte|Nana]]
*Gaurav Mohindra as Sub Inspector Deshmukh
*Vishal Om Prakash as Inspector (CID) Raj
*Alessa Novelli as Emily
*Alen Thomson as [[Madan Lal Pahwa|Madan Lal]]
*Amit Verma as Samsher
*Pankaj Sehgal as Sam
*Chetan Arora as ACP Rao Saheb Gurtu
{{colend}}

==Reception==
''[[The Guardian (newspaper)|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/30/the-gandhi-review-karim-traidia-vinnie-jones|title=The Gandhi Murder review – Vinnie Jones steps into Indian history|last=McCahill|first=Mike|date=2019-01-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-02|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' was equally critical, questioning the basis of the film and calling the production 'shoddy'.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/movies/the-gandhi-murder-review.html|title=‘The Gandhi Murder’ Review: A Muddled Conspiracy Thriller|last=Kenigsberg|first=Ben|date=2019-01-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[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.'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-gandhi-murder-review-20190129-story.html|title=Review: Conspiracy theories fail to engage in ‘The Gandhi Murder’|last=Goldstein|first=Gary|website=latimes.com|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|4677244}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|the_gandhi_murder}}

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[[Category:2019 films]]
[[Category:2010s historical thriller films]]
[[Category:British films]]
[[Category:British historical films]]
[[Category:British Indian films]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:Films set in India]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1940s]]
[[Category:Films set in the partition of India]]
[[Category:Films set in the Indian independence movement]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Works about the Mahatma Gandhi assassination]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Vallabhbhai Patel]]
[[Category:Morarji Desai]]

The Gandhi Murder - Revision history

->Randy Kryn: See also 'List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi'

>Nogen Boruah: added the names of the other producers