Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh shows a fictional narrative, wherein Mahatma Gandhi survives the assassination and he decides to have a dialogue with his assassin, Nathuram Godse. The idea is truly fascinating but the execution is not. Viewers will go to see Gandhi and Godse clashing over ideologies but this sequence begins very late into the movie. The first half and a chunk of the second half are slow and don’t impress. The love story angle is very weak and unconvincing. A big issue is also that the trailer will prove to be misleading to the audience. On the positive side, a few scenes stand out here and there and the film is technically superior. The performances of the lead are also exemplary. Deepak Antani portrays Mahatma Gandhi like never before. Chinmay Mandlekar, who played Bitta Karate in The Kashmir Files and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in multiple Marathi films, is quite arresting and impactful as Godse. Tanisha Santoshi is okay and her crying scenes are very awkward. Anuj Saini is passable. Ishtiyak Khan is bad and viewers will wonder why to add such a comical and over-the-top character in an otherwise serious film. Music by A R Rahman is fine. All in all, Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh fails to entice despite resting on an interesting idea.
My rating – ** out of 5!