甘地传 Gandhi

Applause Entertainment’s Gandhi (working title) series biopic has been in the works since 2022, and we hear it has now entered production. Shoots have been set for South Africa, India and the UK to chronicle the various stages of Indian spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi’s life. Billed as a South Asian answer to Netflix’s just-ended royals drama The Crown, the show is directed by Scam 1992 helmer Hansal Mehta and stars Pratik Gandhi (no relation) in the title role. The scripts are being adapted from Gandhi Before India and Gandhi – The Years that Changed the World, a pair of biographies from Indian historian and journalist Ramachandra Guha that are considered among the most complete ever written about the man. The series will follow the iconic figure’s earliest days through to his actions as a lawyer in South Africa and on to the independence struggle in India, telling the lesser known stories of his life that played an important role in shaping him into a Mahatma (a revered person in South East Asia). It will also tell the stories of his compatriots and contemporaries in India’s freedom movement. As per the usual business model at Sameer Nair’s Applause, it has been funded internally and will be shopped to streamers upon completion.