Hansal Mehta’s Gandhi turns into the first-ever Indian sequence to have world premiere at Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition | Internet Collection

Gandhi at TIFF

Hansal Mehta dropped the primary look of the present on his X account, which noticed Prateek within the titular function, together with his palms folded in entrance of his chest. Within the background have been a whole bunch of males in white, him.

‘The primary Indian sequence ever to be featured at TIFF’

Within the caption, Hansal wrote, “An audacious dream, born of perception and perseverance, now steps onto the world stage. Gandhi may have its world premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition 2025 as a part of its rigorously curated PrimeTime slate. The primary Indian sequence ever to be featured at TIFF. In its fiftieth yr, this competition turns into the house for a narrative that’s without delay deeply private and profoundly common. A second of delight. A second of reminiscence. A quiet revolution begins.”

AR Rahman is the present’s music composer. He additionally shared the announcement on his X account, writing: “Glad to announce the world premiere of Gandhi on the fiftieth Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition 2025, the primary Indian sequence to be chosen in TIFF’s prestigious Primetime slate! This sequence is Produced by Applause Leisure and Directed by Hansal Mehta.”

The sequence, which can even characteristic Bhamini Oza as Kasturba Gandhi, is predicated on historian and creator Ramachandra Guha’s two books — Gandhi earlier than India and Gandhi: The Years that Modified the World. Hansal and Pratik have beforehand labored collectively within the 2020 present Rip-off 1992, which was an enormous success.

The fiftieth Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition (TIFF) will happen from September 4 – 14, 2025.