"Sir Ben," I called out on the red carpet as he arrived to applause from hundreds of admirers at the Elgin theatre in Toronto. "You have played so many ethnic characters starting from Gandhi to Lenin, and now you are a humble New York cabbie. What led you to take this role?"
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'They are clueless about the man on the currency notes.' 'They have been fed with WhatsApp forwards, so either Gandhi is vilified or deified. There's nothing in between.'
'On the set, he was this big personality, the great Om Puri. But at home, he was like a fluffy teddy bear.'
'I had to make sure that our much misunderstood erstwhile prime minister did not get a raw deal.'
Gandhi will now be seen in two upcoming OTT series -- Hansal Mehta's Gandhi, starring Pratik Gandhi in the title role, and Freedom at Midnight by Nikkhil Advani.
Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz is setting pulses racing with her new film Elegy, wherein she goes naked for an onscreen romp with Gandhi star Sir Ben Kingsley.
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Sir Richard Attenbourough, who gave us the greatest biopic on Gandhi there ever could, passed away at the age of 90 on August 24. Seven key members from the acclaimed 1982 film's cast and crew revisit their magical days from the sets.
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They try to hide behind the smokescreen that these are works of fiction inspired by real events. So, you can pick and choose from facts and fictionalise to push the right triggers with your audience or appease the powers that be, observes Shekhar Gupta.
'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?'
'We have worked hard to make a big epic homage to a man, scholar and politician, who is misunderstood.'
'Top actors like Ben Kingsley, who played Gandhiji, had already raised the bar.' 'I hoped that Rajkumar Santoshi would be satisfied with my acting.'
To be directed by Jon Favreau, the film is set for an October 2015 release.
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at the actor's brief movie parts.
Nitin Singh, tourist guide, spent 75 minutes with Donald and Melania Trump at the Taj Mahal. 'They were very down to earth and listening to me intently as I told them the story of the Taj and the Mughals.'
The word 'Fashionista' is used dismissively to ridicule Sonam's other abilities, as though being fashionable (along with being beautiful) discounts her from any chance of being a competent actor, argues Subhash K Jha.
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