Gandhi – my father claims to be about the father son relationship that Gandhiji had with his son Harilal.

Produced by Anil Kapoor the film stars Akshaye Khanna as Harilal Gandhi, Bhumika Chawla as Gulab Gandhi, Shefali Chhaya as Kasturba Gandhi, Darshan Jariwala as Mahatma Gandhi.

Harilal went through a lot –from converting to Islam as a rebellion, reconverting to Hinduism as a penance and finally drinking himself to death.

Harilal Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son carried his Gandhi identity as a curse around his neck. Mahatma Gandhi could transform the soul of a nation but could not save the soul of his own son.

The unfolding of a personal tragedy against the racial hatred in South Africa and colonial humiliation in India moved me deeply. Finally my search to know the human side of Gandhi took me to South Africa, to different parts of India, libraries, scholars and his immediate family memvers. I then decided to make a film about a principled father and an unfortunate son. To me, Gandhi became a greater human being as he struggled personally, socially and politically, but always put his principles and quest for human dignity above everything else.

-Director Feroz Abbas Khan