Nobody knew of Mahatma Gandhi before film about him was made, claims PM Narendra Modi
The prime minister was purportedly referring to director Richard Attenborough’s 1982 biographical film based on the life of Gandhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Wednesday that nobody knew of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, or Mahatma Gandhi, outside of India before a movie about his life was made, reported ABP News.
In an interview with the television news channel, the prime minister said: “In the last 75 years, was it not our responsibility to let the whole world know of Mahatma Gandhi? I am sorry but nobody knew of him. It was only after the movie ‘Gandhi’ was made, is when people started getting curious about the personality.”
The prime minister was purportedly referring to director Richard Attenborough’s 1982 biographical film based on the life of Gandhi.
“Nobody in the world knew of Gandhi before the film was made” Narendra Modi. The claims are getting more ridiculous Waiting for the announcement of the “international” Modi film pic.twitter.com/QNSbz6Akz4— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) May 29, 2024
Modi said that Gandhi’s work was on par with South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela and American civil rights activist Martin Luther King.
“But I am saying this after roaming the world,” said Modi. “That Gandhi, and through Gandhi, India should have received attention. The philosophy of Gandhi can be a solution to several problems plaguing the world today.”
Both Mandela and King have written about Gandhi’s influence on their...
