Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh #picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit

#picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film:#GandhiGodseEkYudh Cast: #DeepakAntani #ChinmayMandlekar #PawanChopra #TanishaSantoshi #AnujSaini #GhanshyamSrivastav Director: #RajkumarSantoshi #UniversalCommunications Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 110 mins

Mixing real events with an imaginary spiel of ‘what if Gandhi survived the assassination attempt by Nathuram Godse?’ Rajkumar Santoshi makes a sincere attempt to get rid of the cobwebs surrounding ideologies of the two people central to this story…but in the process the father of the nation comes across as diminished. It wasn’t a good idea to pit the architect of our freedom against a rabid ideologue with a terrorist’ mindset. Rajkumar Santoshi’s rather simplistic imagined arguments showcasing Gandhi’s magnanimity and humaneness in the face of Godse’s unforgivable act of treason, may be appreciated…But the subplot of two young lovers ( Tanisha Santoshi and Anuj Saini aka Sushma and Naren)being separated because of Gandhi’s rigid beliefs regarding sevaks from his Ashram leading a celibate life doesn’t ring true even though it becomes the instrument through which the Mahatma is being projected as a human being with faults of his own. Godse’s frequent rants regarding Gandhi’s fasts holding the nation to ransom doesn’t hold water. Pawan Chopra as Nehru and Deepak Antani as Mahatma give noteworthy performances and Rishi Punjabi’s cinematography lend weight to the period setting even when the screenplay and narrative make a vacuous attempt to portray Godse as more than just a convicted murderer.