Two letters written by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to German dictator Adolf Hitler addressing him as 'Dear Friend' during the latter's ambitious eastern Europe push is subject of a film that hits the theatres this weekend.
The film 'Gandhi to Hitler' stars Raghuveer Yadav as the diminutive German dictator, Neha Dhupia as his love interest Eva Braun and Avijit Dutt as Mahatma Gandhi.
The film takes a parallel look at two socio-political set ups - the last days of Hitler when only his trusted comrades Eva and Joseph Goebbels stood by him through the upheavals in Germany and India's desperate bid for freedom and the individual choices of a young couple.
Although the enemy was common, the diametrically opposite ideologies adopted by both the leaders prompted Gandhi to write to Hitler to dissuade him from a bloody campaign against humanity.
The first letter was written on July 23, 1939 before the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II, while the second was written on Christmas eve in 1940.
Addressing him as 'Dear Friend', Gandhi wrote ...Read More
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गांधीजी द्वारा हिटलर को लिखे गये इन दो ऐतिहासिक पत्रों में एक को नारायण देसाई ने टाइप किया था ।उनके १५वें जन्म दिन पर मिले बेबी मोरिस टाइपराइटर पर यह पत्र उन्होंने टाइप किया था-ब्लाइन्द फोल्ड । टाइपराईटर और टाइपिस्ट दोनों मौजूद हैं ।
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