Sam Dastor <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Sam Dastor, a small time actor who appeared quite often in offbeat crossover films in the 70�s and 80�s played Gandhi twice in his acting career. He first played Gandhi in Tom Clegg�s British television series �Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy� in 1986. The film was a biography on Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma who was later selected as the last viceroy of British India. AK Hangal was the only other Indian actor in the cast of the film who played Sardar Patel in the series. Even the characters of Nehru and Jinnah were played by Englishmen. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>The second time Dastoor played Gandhi was in Jamil Dehlavi�s film Jinnah. Jinnah was based on the life of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. This 1998 film was well received and also had Shashi Kapoor doing the narration.