Gandhiism vs. Gandhigiri: the Life and Afterlife of the Mahatma

This paper, which contrasts Rajkumar Hirani’s Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) with Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982), is as much a celebration of Bollywood as of Gandhi. It is to the former that the credit for most effectively resurrecting the Mahatma should go, certainly much more so than to Gandhia...

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Main Author: Makarand R. Paranjape
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2014-04-01
Series:Indialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies
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Online Access:http://revistes.uab.cat/indialogs/article/view/v1-paranjape/pdf