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Gandhi would have been amused at being played by a Brit, Nehru told Richard AttenboroughThe tributes to Richard Attenborough have been many, rich and well deserved. They bring together the many Attenboroughs, the actor that the older generation remembers for his role as Pinkie Brown in Brighton Rock (1947), my generation for the Great Escape, and the younger for Jurassic Park. His role as a leading figure of the British film industry and the director of major films has been acknowledged, yet his greatest success was for directing the multi-Oscar winning Gandhi, often called Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982).
Updated July 21, 20226 min read