Gandhi-The Movie: Key scenes

1) Gandhi’s speech

In this scene Gandhi talks about his philosophy of passive resistance: Later the audience stands and claps, which shows that they’re willing to follow him.

2) Gandhi’s fasts

With his fasts Gandhi has a strong influence on other people: He manages to change the Indians’ minds so that they stop their fightings. This scene is also very important, because Gandhi shows that he would be willing to die for his belief.

3) salt march

In my opinion the salt march is one of the most important key scenes. Gandhi’s march has the strongest influence on the people, Indians and British. The British feel the dimensions of Gandhi’s power.

4) quotation: ‘ I’m Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Jew…“

This quotation shows that Gandhi was keen to create a community of all religions. He described himself as a Muslim, Hindu, Jew… to reveal that all peole are the same and there are no better people.

5) Gandhi’s funeral

The funeral scene shows the popularity of Gandhi. The masses of people who follow his coffin seem to be his devotees who followed his ideas even after Gandhi’s death.

6) assassination scene

The assassination scene which is already shown at the beginning of the movie, changes its effect on the viewer: in the end you feel with Gandhi, because you got to know him better during the movie. You know a lot about his great ideas and philosophy, but in a way, you can also comprehend the fanatic Hindu who kills him: Gandhi’s ideas have splitted the people which was possibly the trigger for the assassination.