Desc: The Making of the Mahatma: Directed by Shyam Benegal. With Rajit Kapoor, Pallavi Joshi, Keith Stevenson, Paul Slabolepszy. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was invited to South Africa in 1893 to settle a case for a wealthy Indian settled there. He expected to return in a few months but instead got involved in the freedom movement and eventually stayed for 21 years.