Gandhi, My Father

Nobody denies the greatness of the name of Mahatma Gandhi as a hero of anti-violence who strugged for India's freedom. All people of India regarded him as father of the nation. And no one believed when one day in the year 1946, a man looking like shaggy and dirty due to drunken vagrant found dying, said his father's name was Gandhi.
Harilal Gandhi.was eldest son of Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba.When his family was in Africa because his father, alienated the British government, Harilal stayed in India. He later married Gulab had betrothed to him, without the permission of his father. His father thought he's too young to get married. In order to persuade his father, Harilal went to Africa without his wife. He began learning his father's struggle, managing the newspaper and publishing a book that spoke of human rights and every nation to gain independence.Then Mahatma’s vexation dissapeared and Gulab was called to Africa to live with them.
Their struggle was never smoothly worked. Mahatma Gandhi was in prison. Harilal replaced to be an orator, lead the demonstrations. Mahatma Gandhi's freedom, instead of Harilal was in jail. His wife and daughter, Rami, chose return to India at the request of Mahatma. Harilal requested to keep accompanies of his father's struggle.
Harilal’s disappointment at his father's decision to send his wife back to India was peaked when a scholarship to study in England was given to him just a gift for someone else's child. Harilal himself was eager to learn English and went to law collage to continue their law firm, and became the successor of Gandhi's struggle.
After being free from the punishment, Mahatma invited back to fight with him, but Harilal refused. He should feel constrained by rules that made by his father. His father would never understood his desire.He decided to live his own life and returned to India, following his wife and doughter.
But living in India, without a title and content, made Harilal difficult to find a decent job. Moreover, the name of Gandhi was a heavy burden on his life. He lived at a rent house with his wife and children, living hand to mouth because of an uncertain income. When the Mahatma and his family returned to India to continue the struggle, Harilal tried to persuade his father to give them the capital to try a business.What a disappointment to him, heard nearly all the property, land and houses, again has been granted by his father to help others who are regarded as brothers in arms.
Harilal again speculated to start a business. He even dared to take risks for the debt. Because of the greatness of Gandhi's name, many people gave confidence to invest their capital. But because it always failed, Harilal more debt piling up. Her house was frequently visited by debt collectors. Even Mahatma Gandhi himself told his friends to demand Harilal who abuse the trust.
Harilal's life was increasingly erratic, when Gulab his wife died. Her children lived and cared by Mahatma Gandhi and his wife. His life was not ungodly johnny. Had converted to Islam because he wanted to show his rebellion to his father, but returned to Hinduism later.Physical and mental getting damaged because of being a slave of liquor and often found drunk in the street.
How ironic! Mahatma Gandhi, considered a hero who saved the soul of millions of Indian Nations, was unable to save the soul of his own son. Apparently, there is indeed no human being is perfect in this world.

Produksi : Anil Kapoor Film Company
Director : Feroze Khan
Producer : Anil Kapoor
Writer : Chandulal Dalal
Cast : Akshaye Khanna sebagai Harilal Gandhi, Darshan Jariwala sebagai Mahatma Gandhi, Bhoomika Chawla sebagai Gulab Gandhi, Shefaly Shetty sebagai Kasturba Gandhi, Vinay Jain, Marion Hind, Daniel Janks