Filmmaker Hansal Mehta's much-anticipated series “Gandhi” has commenced production, the filmmaker took to his social median and dropped a string of BTS pictures.
Sharing the pictures from the shoot, Hansal Mehta captioned his post, “Capturing history in the making! #Gandhi filming now. @ApplauseSocial @nairsameer @SegalDeepak @sidkhaitan @mehtahansal @pratikg80 @Ram_Guha @ofnosurnamefame #KaranVyas @yashna24 #FelixvonStumm @prathamdop @CastingChhabra #PiaBenegal @ShashankTere #MandarKulkarni @prasoon_garg @PriyaJhavar @devnidhib #RachanaDubeySharma #DevkiPande”
The series is backed by Applause Entertainment, it is based on historian and author Ramachandra Guha’s two books “Gandhi before India” and “Gandhi: The Years that Changed the World”.
The epic series, which will capture the life and times of Gandhi, is an international production and will be shot at various Indian and foreign locations.
The series will star Pratik Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi. It marks the director-actor duo’s third collaboration after “Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story” and “Baai”.
On the work front, Hansal’s upcoming project is "The Buckingham Murders", starring Kareena Kapoor Khan in the lead role.