Directed by Richard Attenborough, the 1982 epic biographical Gandhi was based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi with Ben Kingsley portraying the ‘Father of the Nation.’ Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, and Virendra Razdan were seen as the other Indian freedom fighters Kasturba Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, respectively. A co-production between India and United King, the Indian goverment also bankrolled Gandhi through the National Film Development Corporation of India.