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Mahatma Gandhi was surely one of the half dozen or so most important and influential figures of the twentieth century – a man whose legacy remains strong many decades after his death, and will be remembered for many years to come. 

When the epic film of Gandhi's life first came out in 1983,  America’s Newsweek magazine commented: "There are very few movies that absolutely must be seen.

Sir Richard Attenborough’s GANDHI is one of them." The magazine then went on to devote six full pages to the film and its background, unprecedented coverage for a film.

The film, which won no fewer than eight Oscars,  traced the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who was one of the most amazing men of his age.

Gandhi was assassinated in 1948, at the age of 78 — and it is with this event that the film be