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  1. The Making of the Mahatma is a 1996 biographical film directed by Shyam Benegal, about the early life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi) during his 21 years in South Africa. The film is based upon the book The Apprenticeship of a Mahatma by Fatima Meer .

  2. Jul 31, 2012 · The Making of the Mahatma is M.K. Gandhi's early story of experiments with truth, which gave to mankind a new weapon of liberty, the most civilized and humane. The process of transformation...

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  3. Oct 4, 1996 · The Making of the Mahatma: Directed by Shyam Benegal. With Rajit Kapoor, Pallavi Joshi, Keith Stevenson, Paul Slabolepszy. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was invited to South Africa in 1893 to settle a case for a wealthy Indian settled there.

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    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Shyam Benegal
    • 1996-10-04
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  5. THE MAKING OF THE MAHATMA. Shyam Benegal South Africa, India, 1996. Drama. 145. CAUTION. Both epic and intimate, this adaptation of activist Fatima Meer’s book Apprenticeship of a Mahatma is a riveting portrait of the iconic Gandhi.

  6. The Making of Mahatma is an elaborate history lesson that does not dilute its factual accuracy and the density of politics of the era in favor of cinematic pleasure. Rajit Kapoor tries to play Mahatma with conviction, in a way that never seems to mimic Ben Kingsley's towering performance from Gandhi (1982) but never surpasses it either.

  7. Both epic and intimate, this adaptation of activist Fatima Meer’s book Apprenticeship of a Mahatma is a riveting portrait of the iconic Gandhi. Focusing on his time in South Africa, director Shyam Benegal and star Rajit Kapoor capture a period only briefly explored in other biopics about the man.