''Welcome Back Gandhi'' (also known as ''Mudhalvar Mahatma'') is a 2012 Indian film directed by A. Balakrishnan. The film, released on 30 January 2012 in India, stars S. Kanagaraj as
Mohandas Gandhi. The movie's music was written by
Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Bharat Acharya, and the movie's plot explores how Gandhi might react if he was still alive and visited modern day India. An eight-song soundtrack is set to be released shortly after the film's debut.
Filming for ''Welcome Back Gandhi'' took place over a 40-day period in
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
during 2012, and was produced on a budget of ₹3 crore.
Plot
After a 60-year absence, Gandhi (S. Kanagaraj) returns to India to resume his
Satyagraha Movement. While there, he must deal with the various social, economical and political issues that exist within the country.
Cast
*S. Kanagaraj as
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
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Anupam Kher as the Chief Minister of a State in India
*Manvi Gagroo
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V. S. Raghavan
V S Raghavan (18 February 1925 – 24 January 2015) was an Indian actor, who has acted both in Tamil films as well as television. He started his career as a dramatist and stage actor and went on to act as a character actor in films, starting ...
*Satyendra
*Deenadhayalan
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Krishnammal Jagannathan
Krishnammal Jagannathan (born 16 June 1926) is an Indian social activist from the state of Tamil Nadu. She and her husband, Sankaralingam Jagannathan (1912 – 12 February 2013), protested against social injustice and they are Gandhian activis ...
Reception
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The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
'' gave a positive review for ''Welcome Back Gandhi'', commenting that "It's a noble, valiant effort that needs to be seen and promoted just so that another filmmaker is encouraged to invest in a film as honest as this, one that will invoke and appeal to the patriot in you, despite its idealistic failings."
See also
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List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (a.k.a. Mahatma Gandhi) was a key Indian independence movement leader known for employing nonviolent resistance against British Rule to successfully lead the campaign. He was the pioneer of ''Satyagraha'' — the res ...
References
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Films about Mahatma Gandhi
2012 films
2010s Tamil-language films
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
2012 multilingual films
Indian multilingual films
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