Surendra Rajan <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Small-time stage actor Surendra Rajan can be credited as the artiste who got to play the role of Gandhiji maximum number of times, onscreen. He played Gandhi in Ved Rahi�s Veer Savarkar (2001), Rajkumar Santoshi�s The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and Shyam Benegal�s Netaji: The Last Hero (2005). <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>In Veer Savarkar, Rajan turned only in the final few reels of the film. Again the film showed contrasting views between Gandhiji and Savarkar. However the portions of Gandhiji�s meeting with Savarkar in Ratnagiri in the film turned out to be unintentionally funny. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>The Legend of Bhagat Singh showed Gandhi in a way responsible for the hanging of Bhagat Singh as he signed a pact which otherwise would have saved the life of the martyr. There was controversy too over this negative depiction of Gandhiji. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>And for his final Gandhi portrayal, Rajan had a fall out with Shyam Benegal who paid him a meager amount of Rs 3000 as remuneration for playing Gandhi in his film Netaji.