Biopic to be simulcast at 1 pm, on Saturday, 30 Jan
MUMBAI January 28, 2016: On the death anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, MOVIES NOW and MN+, the leading premium English movie channels in the country, will air Gandhi -- unarguably the most loved biopic on Bapu and a creative and emotional tour de force -- as a tribute to the great peace-loving leader of India’s struggle for independence.
The epic biopic, directed by Richard Attenborough, will be simulcast on MOVIES NOW and MN+ at 1 pm simultaneously on Saturday, the 30th of January. The movie will be aired again on MOVIES NOW at 11 pm on the same day.
Written by John Briley and produced and directed by Richard Attenborough, Gandhi features Ben Kingsley in the title role of Mahatma Gandhi, with Edward Fox as General Dyer, Saeed Jaffrey as Sardar Patel, Alyque Padamsee as Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Roshan Seth as Jawaharlal Nehru. The 1982 biopic dramatizes the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India's non-violent struggle for independence from the British, and also stars Amrish Puri as Khan, Candice Bergen as Margaret Bourke-White, John Gielgud as Lord Irwin and Martin Sheen as Walker, among others.
Gandhi is amongst the most awarded films, having won as many as eight Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Film Editing, along with 10 Golden Globe awards, and several top creative and technical awards from some of the most reputed guilds and associations across the world.
Lovers of world class movies can look forward to a glorious treat of the best film making with the simulcast of ‘GANDHI’ on MOVIES NOW and MN+ at 1 pm simultaneously on Saturday, the 30th of January
About MOVIES NOW
MOVIES NOW – is India’s No.1 English Movie Channel. A part of the Times Network, the channel caters to urban audiences with top of the line content. It assures viewers of their daily dose of adrenaline and action.
About MN+
MN+ is a premium HD English movie channel part of Times Network which brings The Gold Class of Hollywood Movies with both, popular and critically acclaimed titles, in pristine HD quality for the movie connoisseurs. The MN+ library comprises of must-watch movies across genres that are universally celebrated and are discussed extensively in social gatherings of people who have an opinion.
