Gandhi (TV series)

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Gandhi
Genre Historical drama
Created by Hansal Mehta
Based on Gandhi Before India and Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World
by Ramachandra Guha
Directed byHansal Mehta
Starring Pratik Gandhi
Country of originIndia
Original languagesGujarati
Hindi
English
Production
Executive producer
Production company

Gandhi is an upcoming biographical historical drama television series directed by Hansal Mehta from Applause Entertainment, about the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. The series will have three seasons. The first season entered production in January 2024 and expected to premier in early 2025.

Contents

Premise

The series' are expected to detail extensive portions of his life, from his early actions in South Africa through to his role as the Father of the Nation. [1]

Cast

Production

Development

In May 2022, Applause Entertainment were reported to be working on a biographic multi-series television series on Mahatma Gandhi, with a working title of Gandhi, dubbed "India's The Crown after they acquired the rights to the Ramachandra Guha biographies Gandhi Before India and Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World . [3]

In July 2022, Hansal Mehta, was named director and showrunner with Siddhartha Basu named as historical consultant, factual advisor and creative consultant. [4] The series is written by Vaibhav Vishal, Karan Vyas, Felix Von Stumm, Hema Gopinath, Sehaj Maini and Yashna Malhotra. Guha, Basu and ScriptUp Studio serve as script advisers. Mukesh Chhabra serves as casting director in India and Shakyra Dowling is an international casting director. Shashank Tere heads production design. Pia Benegal has designed the costumes. Pratham Mehta is a head cinematographer. [5]

The series is expected to be produced with a worldwide audience in mind. [6] Filming is expected to take place in Gujarati, Hindi and English for authenticity. [3]

The first season will have eight episodes with 60 minute each. It will cover first 45 years of Gandhi's life including him as a law student in London and as a lawyer and activist in South Africa.The next two seasons will cover the rest of his life. [7]

Casting

In May 2022, Pratik Gandhi was cast in the lead role. [8] He has previously played Gandhi in Manoj Shah’s Gujarati play Mohan No Masalo . [9] Speaking about his casting, he was quoted as saying it was “important” and “one of the biggest of my life”, adding that he was “I am very inspired by…his simplicity. I have seen people around me adapt to simplicity and I am most inspired by that.” [10] [11] Pratik Gandhi's wife Bhamini Oza plays Kasturba, wife of Mahatma Gandhi in the series. [7] In 2024, Tom Felton joined the series. [2] Libby Mai, Molly Wright, Ralph Adeniyi, James Murray, Lindon Alexander, Jonno Davies and Simon Lennon joined the cast in April 2024. [12]

Filming

The series officially entered production in India in January 2024. [13] Filming locations are also set to include South Africa and the UK. [14] [15] It was shot at locations in Gujarat. [16] The shooting of season 1 is expected to be completed by July 2024 and expected to release in early 2025. [7]

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