''Gandhigiri'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-Language film directed by Sanoj Mishra and produced by Pratap Singh Yadav.

Synopsis

The film tells the story of Rai Saheb, a

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who returns to India. He is a strong believer in the principles given by

Gandhiji Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

. His father played an active role in the freedom struggle and was closely associated with him. In India, he meets four different people who have taken the wrong path due to various circumstances. Saheb makes them understand the importance of Gandhi's principles. Additionally, it exhibits how Gandhian values continue to remain relevant and can bring peace if implemented effectively.

Cast

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as Rai Saheb * Sanjay Mishra as Bakait Singh * Brijesh Karniwal as Bansi *

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as Kranti Pandey *

Mukesh Tiwari Mukesh Tiwari is an Indian actor, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood and few Tamil, Punjabi, Kannada and Telugu films. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He graduated from National School of Drama National Scho ...

as Natvarlal * Meghna Haldar as Jayanti * Dolly Chawala as Disha * Amit Shukla as Inspector *

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as Yuvraj * Ravi Singh as Rajaram Pandey * Ram Sujan Singh as Salfas Baba * Naveen Sharma as Dhananjay Panday * Vikrant Anand (guest appearance) *

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(Narrator) * Virendra Singh as Mohammed Khalil * Niranjan Chaubey as Deendayal * Anita sahgal as Yuvraj Mother * Rakesh Tripathi as Daya Nai * Yashartha Srivastav * Naveen Sharma * Aditya Roy

Production

''Gandhigiri'' was produced by Aagman Films Pvt. Ltd. and directed by Sanoj Mishra. The singers were Ankit Tiwari, Sunidhi Chouhan, Mohammad Irfaan, Sujata Majumdar and Masha. Editing was by Archit D Rastogi. The Sound was engineered by Subhash Sahoo. Background Score was composed by Salil Amrute. The associate director was Vikas Kumar Singh. Post production was handled by Dl & VFX - After Studio. The film was shot in

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Reviews

The film received negative reviews. ''

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'' stated that it was "a pure crime"; according to Shalini Lingar, it showed too many sex scenes and did not effectively convey the message of the film. According to Surya Agarwal from ''Hindustan Times'', the sale of Gandhi Topi and Kurta went up due to this film. Mihir Bhanage from the ''

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'' wrote in his review that Gandhigiri'' can be given a miss'.

References

External links

* * Films about Mahatma Gandhi 2010s Hindi-language films 2010s Indian films Indian drama films 2016 films 2016 drama films Hindi-language drama films Gandhism Films shot in Lucknow Films shot in Uttar Pradesh Films set in Lucknow Films set in Uttar Pradesh {{2010s-Hindi-film-stub