Gandhi

Kasturba Gandhi

Rohini Hattangadi

Gandhi's wife.

Margaret Bourke-White

Candice Bergen

A photographer working for Life magazine.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Saeed Jaffrey

An Indian statesman.

Vince Walker

Martin Sheen

A journalist reporting Gandhi's struggle in South Africa.

Khan

Amrish Puri

A succesful Indian trader from South Africa.

Reverend Charlie Andrews

Ian Charleson

An English reverend who became a missionary in India, and a close friend of Gandhi.

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Athol Fugard

The prime minister of South Africa.

Dr. Herman Kallenbach

Günther Maria Halmer

A German-born South African architect and friend of Gandhi.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Ben Kingsley

An Indian lawyer who became a symbol of peaceful revolution.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Roshan Seth

The first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th ce...

Brigadier General Reginald Dyer

Edward Fox

The general that ordered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Baron Irwin

John Gielgud

Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931.

Judge R. S. Broomfield

Trevor Howard

The judge presiding over Gandhi's sedition trial.

Mirabehn (Madeleine Slade)

Geraldine James

A British woman who left her home in Britain to live and work with Gandhi. She devoted her life t...

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Alyque Padamsee

A lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan.

Nathuram Godse

Harsh Nayyar

Gandhi's assassin.

Mr. Baker

Khan's attorney, who explains the racial segregation in South Africa to Gandhi.