Rajkumar Santoshi is making his directorial comeback after a decade. He had last directed Phata Poster Nikla Hero, which failed to attract the audience to the theatres like Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahaani did. He is back with a film that is likely to find a niche audience, given it is releasing around the same time as Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback film, Pathaan. There would be several challenges to make a film like this where you bring up the Father of the Nation, and his assassin and reimagine a reality where the former is alive, has forgiven the one who tried to take his life and decides to spend time with him to understand the person better and indulge in a ‘vichaaron ka yudh’ or ideological war.Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh 2023 Movie Download.
While Gandhi stands for unity, and is shown as a figure who wants peace to prevail in the nation, Godse stands for a person who wants an ‘akhand Hindu rashtra’ who feels a certain community is disrupting the peace. He thinks that Gandhi and his fasting to death is the reason why India has to bend its knees in front of Pakistan. It is why those in power had to give Rs 55 crore to a nation plotting to wage a war against India.
Both are shown to follow the Bhagwad Gita, but their interpretations of what it teaches differ so much that they stand at the opposing ideological ends.To make a movie with such a sensitive subject required the experience that Santoshi had. He steers clear of creating any controversy or rift, and just puts the two ideologies together. Does any one of them win in the end? It is more like they figure out each other’s flaws, and learn about themselves better. In the film, Gandhi is no Mahatma and Godse is no villain, they are rather humanised with their own virtues and flaws. However, the biggest issue that comes from a treatment like this is that the plot is oversimplified, and the movie turns rather preachy and bland.
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