4) Rajit Kapur
Rajit Kapur – known for his roles in films like Raazi, Baar Baar Dekho to name a few – was seen as the younger Gandhi Ji in Shyam Benegal’s movie The Making of the Mahatma for which he had bagged the National Award for ‘Best Actor’.
The movie depicted the early life of Mahatma Gandhi when he was an Indian-based barrister. Gandhi ji 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.
5) Darshan Jariwala
The versatile actor Darshan Jariwala had won the National Award in the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ category for his incredible portrayal of Gandhi Ji in the Feroz Abbas Khan directorial Gandhi, My Father (2007).