s distorts even the vision he has of the character because the man never seems to be part of the world but only an image passing through it. This is evident in the way he dies as well, for his assassin is not given a motive for the killing he undertakes. In the real world, the assassin was part of a movement among members of a fundamentalist Hindu organization which still has a disruptive influence in India. The film blames everything bad that happens in India on the British, and therefore the film appealed very much to the people of India. One would think from the film that there was unity in India on these issues, which there was not. Gandhi seems therefore to be the representative of all Indian people when there were factions that opposed him.
Another theme is the power of publicity. From the time when Gandhi makes friends with the reporter Walker, he sees that the way the world views his actions will determine how effective his form of protest can be. Wal
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