A generation that is bombarded with hyper-nationalism day-in and day-out is seeing the real fight of an uncharacteristically ‘strong man’ leading the Indians against the mighty British for Independence.
Thanks to the Telangana government’s initiative about 22 lakh school children will watch the 20th-century epic film Gandhi — the 1982 period biographical film based on the life of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The occasion is “Azadi Kaa Amrut Mahotsav” — the 75 years of Indian Independence celebrations.
The film is being screened in 552 cinema theatres across Telangana, including 252 in the Hyderabad region and 300 in the rural districts, that have a total seating capacity of 2.6 lakhs per day. Both the Telugu and Hindi versions are being screened with 86 theatres showing the Hindi version.
