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Gandhi (1982) Poster

(1982)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Richard Attenborough

Writing Credits  

John Briley ... (written by)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Ben Kingsley ... Mahatma Gandhi
Rohini Hattangadi ... Kasturba Gandhi (as Rohini Hattangady)
Roshan Seth ... Pandit Nehru
Candice Bergen ... Margaret Bourke-White
Edward Fox ... General Dyer
John Gielgud ... Lord Irwin
Trevor Howard ... Judge Broomfield
John Mills ... The Viceroy
Martin Sheen ... Walker
Ian Charleson ... Charlie Andrews
Günther Maria Halmer ... Herman Kallenbach (as Gunter Maria Halmer)
Athol Fugard ... General Smuts
Saeed Jaffrey ... Sardar Patel
Geraldine James ... Mirabehn
Alyque Padamsee ... Mohamed Ali Jinnah
Amrish Puri ... Khan
Ian Bannen ... Senior Police Officer
Michael Bryant ... Principal Secretary
John Clements ... Advocate General
Richard Griffiths ... Collins
Nigel Hawthorne ... Kinnoch
Bernard Hepton ... G.O.C.
Michael Hordern ... Sir George Hodge
Shreeram Lagoo ... Professor Gokhale
Om Puri ... Nahari
Virendra Razdan Virendra Razdan ... Maulana Azad
Richard Vernon ... Sir Edward Gait
Harsh Nayyar ... Nathuram Godse
Prabhakar Patankar Prabhakar Patankar ... Prakash
Vijay Kashyap Vijay Kashyap ... Apte
Nigam Prakash Nigam Prakash ... Karkare
Supriya Pathak ... Manu
Neena Gupta ... Abha (as Nina Gupta)
Shane Rimmer ... Commentator
Peter Harlowe Peter Harlowe ... Lord Mountbatten
Anang Desai ... J. B. Kripalani
Winston Ntshona ... Porter
Peter Cartwright ... European Passenger
Marius Weyers ... Conductor
Richard Mayes Richard Mayes ... Baker
Alok Nath ... Tyeb Mohammed
Dean Gasper Dean Gasper ... Singh
Ken Hutchison ... Police Sergeant
Norman Chancer Norman Chancer ... Reporter
Gulshan Kapoor Gulshan Kapoor ... Rich Merchant
Charu Bala Chokshi Charu Bala Chokshi ... Ayah
Raj Chaturvedi Raj Chaturvedi ... Harilal Gandhi
Avpar Jhita Avpar Jhita ... Manilal Gandhi
Anthony Sagger Anthony Sagger ... Ramdas Gandhi
David Gant ... Daniels
Daniel Day-Lewis ... Colin (as Daniel Day Lewis)
Ray Burdis ... Youth
Daniel Peacock Daniel Peacock ... Youth
Avis Bunnage ... Colin's Mother
Caroline Hutchison Caroline Hutchison ... Sonja Schlesin
Mohan Agashe ... Tyeb Mohammed's Friend
Sudhanshu Mishra Sudhanshu Mishra ... Man in Gallery
Dina Nath Dina Nath ... Miner
John Savident ... Manager of the Mine
John Patrick John Patrick ... Mounted Police Sergeant
Michael Godley Michael Godley ... Clergyman
Stewart Harwood Stewart Harwood ... Prison Officer
Stanley McGeagh Stanley McGeagh ... Prison Guard
Christopher Good ... Young Englishman
David Markham ... Older Englishman
Jyoti Sarup Jyoti Sarup ... Young Indian Reporter
John Naylor John Naylor ... English Reporter
Wilson George Wilson George ... American Reporter
Hansu Mehta Hansu Mehta ... Older Indian Reporter
Sudarshan Sethi Sudarshan Sethi ... Motilal Nehru
Sunila Pradhan Sunila Pradhan ... Mrs. Motilal Nehru
Moti Makan Moti Makan ... Traveller on Train Roof
Jalal Agha ... Traveller on Train Roof
Rupert Frazer ... Cavalry Troop Leader
Manohar Pitale Manohar Pitale ... Shukla
Homi Daruvala Homi Daruvala ... Nehru's Friend
K.K. Raina ... Nehru's Friend (as K. K. Raina)
Vivek Swaroop Vivek Swaroop ... Nehru's Friend
Raja Biswas Raja Biswas ... Nehru's Friend
Dominic Guard ... Subaltern
Bernard Hill ... Sergeant Putnam
Rama Kant Jha Rama Kant Jha ... Village Leader
Nana Palsikar ... Villager
Alpna Gupta Alpna Gupta ... Villager's Wife
Chandrakant Thakkar Chandrakant Thakkar ... Policeman
John Quentin ... Batsman
Graham Seed ... Wicket-Keeper
Keith Drinkel Keith Drinkel ... Major
Bob Babenia Bob Babenia ... Police Guard (as Bob Barbenia)
Gerald Sim ... Magistrate
Colin Farrell Colin Farrell ... Clerk
Sanjeev Puri Sanjeev Puri ... Young Man
Gareth Forwood ... Secretary
Vijay Crishna Vijay Crishna ... Chauffeur
Sankalp Dubey Sankalp Dubey ... Servant
James Cossins ... Brigadier
Gurcharan Singh Channi Gurcharan Singh Channi ... Speaker in Jallianwalla Bagh (as Gurcharan Singh)
John Vine John Vine ... A.D.C.
Geoffrey Chater ... Government Advocate
Ernest Clark ... Lord Hunter
Habib Tanvir Habib Tanvir ... Indian Barrister (as Habib Tanveer)
Pankaj Mohan Pankaj Mohan ... Mahadev Desai
Subhash Gupta Subhash Gupta ... Policeman at Chauri Chaura
Aadil Aadil ... Policeman at Chauri Chaura
Rajeshwar Nath Rajeshwar Nath ... Marcher at Chauri Chaura
S.S. Thakur S.S. Thakur ... Marcher at Chauri Chaura
Rahul Gupta Rahul Gupta ... Boy with Goat
Barry John Barry John ... Police Superintendant
Brian Oulton ... Clerk of Court
James Snell James Snell ... Court Reporter
John Boxer John Boxer ... Court Reporter
Gerard Norman Gerard Norman ... Court Reporter
Bernard Horsfall ... General Edgar
Richard Leech ... Brigadier
Pankaj Kapur ... Pyarelal (as Pankaj Kapoor)
Tarla Mehta Tarla Mehta ... Sarojini Naidu
David Sibley ... Subaltern
Dalip Tahil ... Zia (as Daleep Tahil)
Stanley Lebor ... Police Officer
Terrence Hardiman ... Ramsay MacDonald
Monica Gupta Monica Gupta ... Little Girl
Jon Croft Jon Croft ... Colonel
William Hoyland William Hoyland ... Adjutant
John Ratzenberger ... American Lieutenant
Jack McKenzie ... Major at Aga Khan Palace
Tom Alter ... Doctor at Aga Khan Palace
Jane Myerson Jane Myerson ... Lady Mountbatten
Roop Kumar Razdan Roop Kumar Razdan ... Hindu Youth at Ashram
Bani Joshi Bani Joshi ... Woman Refugee (as Bani Sharad Joshi)
Vagish Kumar Singh Vagish Kumar Singh ... Man Refugee
Dilsher Singh Dilsher Singh ... Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Sudhir Dalvi ... Police Commissioner (as Sudheer Dalavi)
Tilak Raj Tilak Raj ... Tahib
Irpinder Puri Irpinder Puri ... Sushila Nayyar
Pren Kapoor Pren Kapoor ... Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Vinay Apte ... Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Aswani Kumar Aswani Kumar ... Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Avinash Dogra Avinash Dogra ... Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Shreedhar Joshi Shreedhar Joshi ... Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Suhas Palshikar ... Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street
Karkirat Singh Karkirat Singh ... Nehru's Aide
Shekhar Chatterjee Shekhar Chatterjee ... Suhrawardy (as Sekhar Chatterjee)
Amarjeet Amarjeet ... Goonda (as Amarjit)
Pratap Desai Pratap Desai ... Goonda
Bhatawadekar Prakash Bhatawadekar Prakash ... Goonda
Sunil Shende ... Goonda
Rovil Sinha Rovil Sinha ... Goonda
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Burns ... Radio Commentator at Funeral (uncredited)
Rodney Cardiff Rodney Cardiff ... Army Officer (uncredited)
Harold Coyne Harold Coyne ... Man in Court (uncredited)
Jack Dearlove Jack Dearlove ... Army Officer (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington Mabel Etherington ... Lady in Church (uncredited)
Ron Gregory Ron Gregory ... Man in Church (uncredited)
Shyamsundar Kalani Shyamsundar Kalani ... Indian Men (uncredited)
Derek Lyons ... Radio Reporter at Funeral (uncredited)
Alf Mangan Alf Mangan ... Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Peter Ross-Murray Peter Ross-Murray ... Factory Worker (uncredited)
Gito Santana Gito Santana ... Lawyer (uncredited)
Mahavir Shah ... Policeman (uncredited)
Manoj Shah Manoj Shah ... Freedom Fighter (uncredited)
V.K. Sharma ... (uncredited)
Stephen M. Silverman Stephen M. Silverman ... British Officer (uncredited)
John Tatham ... Church Congregation Member (uncredited)
Del Watson Del Watson ... Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Fred Wood ... Man in the Crowd (uncredited)

Produced by 

Richard Attenborough ... producer
Rani Dubé ... co-producer
Jake Eberts ... executive producer (uncredited)
Suresh Jindal ... associate producer
Michael Stanley-Evans ... executive producer

Music by 

Ravi Shankar

Cinematography by 

Ronnie Taylor ... director of photography
Billy Williams ... director of photography

Editing by 

John Bloom

Casting By 

Susie Figgis

Production Design by 

Stuart Craig

Art Direction by 

Norman Dorme
Robert W. Laing ... supervising art director (as Bob Laing)
Ram Yedekar

Set Decoration by 

Michael Seirton

Costume Design by 

Bhanu Athaiya
John Mollo

Makeup Department 

Paula Gillespie ... chief hairdresser
Tony Horsfield ... makeup assistant
Vera Mitchell ... assistant hairdresser
Connie Reeve ... makeup assistant
Mariam Samuel ... assistant hairdresser (as Miriam Samuel)
Mustaque Sheikh ... makeup assistant
Tom Smith ... makeup supervisor
John Webber ... makeup assistant

Production Management 

Rashid Abbasi ... unit manager
Nassar Abdulla ... assistant unit manager (as Nasir Abdullah)
Terence A. Clegg ... in charge of production
Alexander De Grunwald ... production manager
Devi Dutt ... production manager: second unit
Shama Habibullah ... production manager
Gerry Levy ... unit manager
Grania O'Shannon ... unit manager
P.V. Rao ... assistant unit manager
Frank Price ... executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Bhisham Bhasin ... assistant director
Roy Button ... assistant director
Steve Lanning ... assistant director
John Mathew Matthan ... first assistant director: second unit (as John Matthew)
Govind Nihalani ... second unit director
Uday Shankar Pani ... first assistant director: second unit (as U.S. Pani)
M.R. Shahjahan ... assistant director (as M. Shahjahan)
Kamal Swaroop ... assistant director
David Tomblin ... first assistant director
Julian Wall ... assistant director
Peter Waller ... assistant director

Art Department 

Amal Allana ... set dresser
Nissat Allana ... set dresser (as Nissar Allana)
Roger Cain ... draughtsman
Nobby Clark ... standby rigger
Kishore Dang ... props
G.D. Dixit ... construction liaison (as G. Dixit)
Agnes Fernandes ... assistant art director
Dick Frift ... construction manager
Michael Guyett ... standby painter (as Mickey Guyett)
Aruna Harprasard ... set dresser (as Aruna Harprasad)
Vala Kothari ... production buyer
Joe Lear ... standby plasterer
Jill Quertier ... set dresser
Jeff Reid ... standby carpenter
Cliff Robinson ... assistant art director
Tony Teiger ... standby props
Charles Torbett ... property master
Richard Baum ... standby props (uncredited)
George Dean ... supervising painter (uncredited)
Agnes Goveas ... props (uncredited)
Chip Miller ... Poster & Logo Artist (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Jonathan Bates ... sound editor
Nigel Davis ... sound boom operator
Dino Di Campo ... sound effects editor
Taffy Haines ... sound maintenance
Gerry Humphreys ... dubbing mixer
Simon Kaye ... sound recordist
Archie Ludski ... dialogue editor
Robin O'Donoghue ... dubbing mixer
Rajen Rajkhowa ... sound assistant (as Rajan Rajkhowa)
Philip Rogers ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

David H. Watkins ... special effects supervisor (as David Watkins)

Visual Effects by 

Martyn Hall ... visual effects (uncredited)
Gary Shaw ... optical assistant cameraman: Geoff Axtell Assoc. (uncredited)

Stunts 

Gerry Crampton ... stunt coordinator
Abbas Ali Moghul ... stunt performer
Moses ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department 

Chic Anstiss ... camera operator
Pablo Bartholomew ... stillsman: second unit
G.S. Bhaskar ... second camera assistant (as G.S.Bhasker)
Apurba Kishore Bir ... second camera operator (as A.K.Bir)
Devlin Bose ... focus puller: second camera
Robin Browne ... aerial photographer
Frank Connor ... stillsman
Ted Deason ... focus puller
Terry Goddard ... best boy
Nobby Godden ... camera maintenance
K. Kanti ... focus puller: second unit
Ashwini Kaul ... second camera assistant
Alan Martin ... electrical supervisor
Govind Nihalani ... cameraman: second unit
D. Panday ... camera grip: second unit
Gyan Sahay ... assistant camera: second unit
Danny Shelmerdine ... clapper loader
Jimmy Waters ... camera grip
Ronald Lenoir ... chargehand rigger (uncredited)

Casting Department 

Yog Batra ... crowd casting
Soonu Ghadially ... assistant casting: India
Shailendra Goel ... crowd casting
Jill Mellis ... crowd casting
Dolly Thakore ... casting: India

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

V.K. Dixit ... wardrobe assistant (as V.K.Dixit)
Sally Downing ... wardrobe mistress
Nic Ede ... wardrobe master (as Nicholas Ede)
Dougie Hawkes ... costumer
Shernaz Italia ... wardrobe assistant
Aperna Kasara ... wardrobe assistant (as Aperna Katara)
Sina Kaul ... adviser: Indian wardrobe
Vinod Kumar ... wardrobe assistant
Pawan Malhotra ... wardrobe assistant (as Pavan Malhotra)
Manju Raj Saraogi ... costumes executor: Indian
Graham Churchyard ... costume assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Margaret Adams ... post-production assistant
Gary Beard ... assistant editor
Sheri Eisenberg ... theatrical & HDR mastering colorist
Neil Farrell ... assistant editor
Raj Kothari ... assistant editor
Mick Monks ... assistant editor
Alan Pattillo ... associate editor (as Alan Patillo)
Chris Ridsdale ... assembly editor
Dilip Roy ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Sati Tooray ... colorist (uncredited)

Location Management 

Graham Ford ... location manager
Rajiv Suri ... location manager: second unit
Sudesh Syal ... location manager

Music Department 

Harish Desai ... musician (as Ashit Desai)
P. Desai ... musician
George Fenton ... composer: additional music / music conductor / orchestral score
Mohandas K. Gandhi ... lyricist
Skaila Kanga ... musician: harp
Ashish Khan ... musician
Ustad Sultan Khan ... musician (as Sultan Khan)
Sharad Kumar ... musician
Michael Lea ... musician: double bass
Lata Mangeshkar ... playback singer
Narsinh Mehta ... lyricist
T.K. Ramakrishnan ... musician
Vijay Raghava Rao ... music coordinator (as Vijay Raghav Rao) / musician (as Vijay Raghav Rao)
John Richards ... music recordist
Lakshmi Shankar ... musician
Francis Silkstone ... music coordinator
Jonathan Williams ... musician: cello (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Padma Iyer ... continuity: second unit
June Randall ... continuity

Transportation Department 

Brian Hathaway ... transport captain
K.N. Sethi ... transport manager (as Major K.N. Sethi)

Additional Crew 

Margaret Adams ... contact: London
G.D. Bakshi ... catering assistant: The Location Caterers Ltd
Colonel Balachandra ... military adviser
Mohini Banerji ... liaison: Delhi
S. Banerji ... military liaison (as Air Commodore S. Banerji) / police liaison (as Air Commodore S. Banerji)
Judi Bunn ... production secretary (as Judith Bunn)
Sharlene Chatelier ... production assistant
Eleanor Chaudhuri ... production assistant
E.R. Gopinathan ... assistant accountant (as E.R.Gopinathan)
Jo Hannam ... assistant accountant
Diana Hawkins ... director of publicity
Clare Howard ... producer's secretary
Pat Howell ... chief accountant
Sudhir Krishna ... unit doctor (as Dr. S. Krishna)
Terry Mellis ... production accountant
Lorna Mueller ... researcher
Loretta Ordewer ... production coordinator
Dilshad Panday ... production assistant
R. Puri ... historical consultant (as Professor R. Puri)
Dolly Thakore ... unit publicist
Diana White ... publicity secretary
Michael White ... assistant to the director
Bob Bridges ... louma crane technician (uncredited)
John Chambers ... finance executive (uncredited)
Richard Morrison ... title designer (uncredited)

Thanks 

Motilal Kothari ... this film is dedicated to
Louis Mountbatten ... this film is dedicated to (as Earl Mountbatten of Burma K.G.)
Jawaharlal Nehru ... this film is dedicated to, without whose inspiration, unfailing advocacy and faith it would not have been made (as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru)
Crew verified as complete

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