Hyderabad: Marking the closure of the ‘Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavam’ celebrations, the state government has decided to screen the ‘Gandhi’ movie for government school students from August 14- 24.
Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavaalu is designated to the diamond jubilee celebration of Independent India.
Richard Attenborough’s Oscar-winning movie Gandhi, starring Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi will be screened free across 582 screens across the state.
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The movie was released in 1982.
On Wednesday, minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav held a meeting with officials of the Telangana State Film Chambers of Commerce and Telugu Film Chamber.
The minister directed them to make arrangements to screen the movie for students in theatres.
