''Mudhalvar Mahatma'' is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language biographical film directed by A. Balakrishnan. The film, released on 30 January 2012 in India, stars S. Kanagaraj as

Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ...

. The movie's music was written by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

, 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. The film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Welcome Back Gandhi''. An eight-song soundtrack is set to be released shortly after the film's debut. Filming for ''Mudhalvar Mahatma'' took place over a 40-day period in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

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 Satyāgraha (from ; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone who practises satyagraha is ...

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 (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 ...

Anupam Kher Anupam Kher (born 7 March 1955) is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over four decades, he has acted in more than 540 films. A veteran of Indian cinema, Kher is recipient of two Na ...

as the Chief Minister of a State in India **Sundar as the younger version *Manvi Gagroo * V. S. Raghavan *Satyendra *Deenadhayalan * Krishnammal Jagannathan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and features a promotional song by

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (born 7 October 1981) is an Indian playback singer from Kerala, India. She is an expert in a rare musical instrument called Gayatriveena. She won special jury mention for her much appreciated work in the 2013 film ''Cellulo ...

Reception

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...

'' gave a positive review for ''Mudhalvar Mahatma'', 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."

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