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Just the silhouette, but so perfectly recognisable.

For the first time, in the play, Gandhi (Abhishek Krishnan) is humiliated for being a man of colour. A glimpse of the courtroom scene in South Africa.

Mir Alam (Harrsh A Singh), a leader in the Indian community in South Africa, is furious with Gandhi for having signed what came to known as the Black Act (The Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act), which required every Asian to register themselves and carry a registration certificate with themselves at all times.

Gandhi is shown to ignore his young son, Harilal (Kunal Parikh), in favour of his battle for self-respect in South Africa, until his friend, Rustom Sorabji (Francois Castelino), advises the young father that his son needs his attention as well.

Shocked at the terrible lives led by India’s untouchable castes, Gandhi rechristens them Harijans (people of God) and offers them the charkha as a path to their salvation.

With the burning of British made goods, the Swadeshi movement was launched by Gandhi in India.

At a pivotal moment, aided by the dancers, the young Gandhi (Krishnan) transforms into older, familiar Gandhi (Chirag Vohra).

The dancers entwine Gandhi in strings, symbolic of the dilemmas he is facing.

The violence at Chauri Chaura, where what was supposed to be a non-violent protest took an ugly turn, resulting in the torching of a police station and the death of all who were within it. It horrified Gandhi, who took responsibility for the crime.

The Congress leaders - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (Darius Shroff), Maulana Azad and Sardar Vallabbhai Patel -- meet Gandhi in jail.

Sarojini Naidu (Crystal Sequeira) weaves new hope for a dispirited Gandhi.

The cast takes a well-deserved bow.