Mohandas (2019 film)
| Mohandas | |
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| Directed by | P. Sheshadri |
| Screenplay by | P. Sheshadri |
| Based on | Papu Gandhi, Bapu Gandhi Aada Kathe: The Story of Mahatma Gandhi by Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi & The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi |
| Produced by | M/S Mitra Chitra |
| Starring | Param Swamy Samarth Hombal Shruti Anant Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | G. S. Bhaskar |
| Edited by | B. S. Kemparaju |
| Music by | Pravin Godkhindi |
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| Country | India |
| Languages | Kannada Hindi |
| Budget | ₹8 crore |
Mohandas is an Indian biographical film about the childhood of Mahatma Gandhi. It is written and directed by nine-time National Film Award winner P. Sheshadri and was made in two languages simultaneously, Hindi and Kannada.
It is partially based on Sahitya Akademi Award winning Kannada writer Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi's book Papu Gandhi, Bapu Gandhi Aada Kathe: The Story of Mahatma Gandhi and The Story of My Experiments with Truth, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. The film covers the events of Gandhi's childhood from the ages of 6 to 14. The cast includes Param Swamy playing Gandhi as a child and Samarth Hombal playing Gandhi as a teenager. Shruti plays Gandhi's mother Putlibai and Anant Mahadevan plays his father Karamchand Gandhi. Other cast members include Shriram H. R., Abhayankar Bellur, Surya, Mata Koppala, Deepa Ravishankar and Nandini Vittal. Veteran actor H. G. Dattatreya appears in a cameo.
At the 54th Karnataka State Film Awards, organized by Karnataka Government, the film won the maximum (4) awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematographer and Best Art Direction.