Ela gandhi biography movies

  • Ela shares her experiences with Mahatma Gandhi especially when he gave importance to a child's opinion.
  • The granddaughter who carried on Gandhi's anti-apartheid work in South Africa recalls the early days.
  • Jayan is an award winning South African writer and director best known for her directorial debut, the comedy feature, Keeping Up with the Kandasamys.

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    Gandhi Jayanti: Best biopics on the life of Mahatma Gandhi bygd Indian cinema

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    Bollywood films that celebrate the ideals of the father of our nation

    Very few men caught the fascination of the world the way M.K. Gandhi did. He remains—and in all probability—he will continue to be, the figure that either inspired or generated discussions. Such is the impact of this Gentle Giant that his footprints on history remain indelible. Today on the occasion Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti we look at Bollywood movies that revolved around the father of the nation. (ALSO READ: Giant national flag unveiled on Gandhi Jayanti in Hyderabad)

    Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

    Easily one of the best performances the veteran actor Anupam Kher has delivered in his career spanning over three decades. In this beautiful film Kher played a Hindi professor Uttam Chaudhary who falls victim to Dementia. His conditio

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    Jayan is an award winning South African writer and director best known for her directorial debut, the comedy feature, Keeping Up with the Kandasamys, which was the highest grossing South African film in 2017. Jayan has produced, co-written, and directed numerous projects including the sequels Kandasamys: The Wedding and Trippin' with Kandasamys, which premiered as a Netflix Original Film in 2021 and was the top-viewed spelfilm on Netflix South Africa the week of its release. Jayan also directed the historical skådespel White Gold and co-directed a short film The Dance, produced by Quizzical Pictures. She started out producing numerous documentaries for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) including The Shembe Walk to God, Buddhism - Finding the Peace Within and Ela Gandhi - The Hands That Serve. Jayan produced SABC3's Hindu magazine programme Sadhana for its first eight seasons. She completed her BSc degree majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science and has previ

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    'All of us have multiple identities'

    Ela Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grand-daughter and a peace activist was honoured on Thursday by President Pranab Mukherjee at Pravasi Bhartiya Divas-2014.

    Gandhi was born in 1940 in South Africa and now resides at Durban.

    She was the member of the South African Parliament in 1994-2004. She has been an active member of the African National Congress. In Parliament she represented the Phoenix area of Inanda in the KwaZulu Natal province.

    She spoke to rediff.com’s Sheela Bhatt on the award.

    On the Pravasi Bhartiya award

    I feel very honoured. But I’m very conscious that the awardee is not just for me but the people who I work with so I’ll be receiving the award on behalf of those people.

    I think the PBD is a very good concept, something that’s very unique. It develops the identity in terms of culture value which is important no matter where you are. But you know it’s important to preserve some of the rich he