maine gandhi ko nahi mara

Actor Anupam Kher comes a full circle when he'll be seen portraying the character of a professor suffering from dementia in the much-anticipated film MAINE GANDHI KO NAHIN MARA. The actor who first shot to fame with his outstanding performance as a sensitive yet rebellious father in SAARANSH (he was just 29 when he played a 60yr old man). The actor then didn't look back. He then went on to portray a wide array of characters whether it's a dreaded villain in KARMA, the funster army man in SHOLA AUR SHABNAM or more recently the caring but ferociously protective father in KAHO NAA... PYAAR HAI. Anupam Kher has just excelled. In MGKNM, he again plays an aged man, who when young was accused of murdering Gandhi, and now the ghosts of his past have come to haunt him today, when he is living a content life with his daughter and son. The film has got brief historical references and standpoint and has been produced by Anupam himself.

Professor Uttam Chaudhary is a retired Hindi teacher who lives with his daughter and young son in the city of Mumbai. He is suffering from what is laughingly called 'old age' - brief periods of forgetfulness, blanks in memory. Little does anyone realize that the problems are much deeper, and that this is just the beginning of a journey that will end in a man becoming a prisoner of his mind.

As his memories start to fade, a childhood trauma surfaces - a memory of being accused of murdering Gandhi. The more his life is whitewashed, the stronger this one memory remains.

As his world turns increasingly hostile, Prof. Chaudhary sees everything as an enemy...his house is a jail, his family are his captors.

And in the midst of all this is the story of his daughter. A single woman, working to not only support the family monetarily, but is also the only lifeline that can save her father from drowning in the universe his mind is creating.