There is no problem between Giani Zail Singh and Rajiv Gandhi.
No one can create a movement. No one can create a Gandhi.
I know I’m regarded as an establishment figure, but I was crucified by the establishment for ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’, ‘Gandhi’ and ‘Cry Freedom.’
I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back – but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
People like Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, who have spent Rs 500 crore to build their brands, will take that money back from us only. How can they deliver good governance?
Gandhi protested against restrictive policies. So did ‘Guru.’
‘A Death in the Gunj’ is set in 1979 and we had to mute a joke that referred to Indira Gandhi. The censors also wouldn’t allow the tortoise that some of the characters talk about to be called Kalidas because it’s the name of a respected poet.
My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like ‘Gandhi’ would be phenomenal.
If I were able to write, I probably would. But movies have given me a part of my life where I can express feelings and bring convictions to an audience as if I could write. So I made ‘Gandhi’ about human relations, prejudice and the empire. In ‘Cry Freedom’ I expressed my horror and disgust about apartheid.
We’re trained to see the world in terms of charismatic organizations and charismatic people. That’s who we look to for leadership and change, for transformation. We’re awaiting the next J.F.K., the next Martin Luther King, the next Gandhi, the next Nelson Mandela.
See, most films are about achievers. You see a film like ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ or ‘Dhoni.’ Even ‘Gandhi,’ or the biopic on Lincoln. They end in triumph, on a high.
I was a very good friend of Rajiv Gandhi, and I had affection for Sonia as his wife.
The Gandhi family is a pampered lot. They have only dealt with people at their beck and call.
The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.
I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.
I lived in Chamarajpet, Gandhi Nagar, Shanthinagar, and Sudhama Nagar during my early days.
In a democratic country like India, eulogising Rahul Gandhi with the title of Yuvraj is an insult to democracy.
It is the strength of our culture that we can have Sonia Gandhi, who is Catholic, a Sikh prime minister, and a Muslim president.
The manager believes soccer is a science and the field a laboratory, but the genius of Einstein and the subtlety of Freud is not enough for the owners and the fans. They want a miracle worker like Our Lady of Lourdes, with the stamina of Gandhi.
Modi talks about the Gandhi family, but people should remember he failed to take care of his wife.
In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru.
I personally thank Rahul Gandhi. He has given me complete free hand in running the government.
The detailing on the sets of ‘Gandhi’ was very minute. There was immense discipline and nothing was taken for granted.
Any artiste would die to be a part of a film like ‘Gandhi My Father.’ Director Feroz Abbas Khan had a very clear vision about what he wanted to make.
Rahul Gandhi can’t be a youth icon only if the Congress projects him like that. People have to decide.
Unfortunately, though both Mahatma Gandhi and Narendra Modi hail from Gujarat, Gandhi never lied, and Modi never speaks the truth.
Rahul Gandhi gets a copy of every programme that has been started by the Centre during Parliamentary procedure, but he has got no time to read. He has got time to go to night clubs.
I follow the ideology of Gandhi and Nehru.
The most enchanting experience I had in Ahmedabad when I visited the Gandhi Ashram. I was moved by the information on Indian freedom struggle and there is a sense of tranquility and peace at this Ashram that moved me.
I like to play Gandhi, but I’ve got tired of it, though not bored of it. I have to go through the physicality of losing weight.
It’s embarrassing to quote Gandhi or something, but being the change you want to see in the world is pretty powerful.
Congress is hiding the details of their party president Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship. Rahul Gandhi’s real name is Rahul Vincy. They are cheating people by hiding the real names of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Rajiv Gandhi could have certainly attempted to form a Congress-led coalition government in 1990.
Gandhi has more recently recognized the need for continuance of British, American and Chinese efforts in India and has suggested that these troops might remain by agreement with some new Indian Government.
As a young man in South Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gandhi developed satyagraha, a mode of political activism based upon moral persuasion, while mobilizing South Africa’s small Indian minority against racial discrimination.
I don’t want to throw mud at anyone – I really admire Gandhi as a brilliant strategist – but Gandhi was pretty manipulative, you know.
I have no desire to advise the Gandhi family.
I could have joined politics during Nehru’s or Indira Gandhi’s time. I don’t want to. I stay away from these things.
I would love to play Indira Gandhi.
I grew up in India. From my childhood, I remember the great reverence that people held for our national hero, Mahatma Gandhi. He galvanized millions to march as one, disarmed the empire that had ruled his country for nearly a century, and enabled India to become a free and independent nation.
In 1947, who was the PM? In 1962, who was the PM? Similarly, in 1965 and 1971, who was the PM? We divided Pakistan. Indira Gandhi did it but she never said ‘I got it done.’
India came to be known in the West because of ‘Gandhi.’ Otherwise, they still thought that tigers roam around on the streets in India.
The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.
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