PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

The Making of the Mahatma 
(144 min; 1996; English)
Director: Shyam Benegal

With Rajit Kapur, Pallavi Joshi

Recipient of the National Film Award for Best Actor and National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English, National Film Awards 1996

The national award winning film takes us on a journey into the early life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi during his 21 years in South Africa. The joint Indian and South African production is based on Fatima Meer’s book The Apprenticeship

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)