Naseeruddin Shah in Hey Ram (2000) <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>This was the only fictional story among all the films made on Gandhiji. And though Gandhi made a late appearance in the film, the movie theme essentially was based around Gandhi. Even the title of the film �Hey Ram� was derived from the last words that Gandhiji uttered before dying. <BR><BR> <br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Naseeruddin Shah was superlative in his portrayal of Gandhi and was arguably the only one to get the Gujarati accent and body language of Gandhiji correctly, among all other portrayals of Gandhi onscreen. Initially Mohan Gokhale was to play Gandhi in this film (after Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar) but unfortunately for his untimely demise while shooting for this film in Chennai, the role went over to Naseer. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>The film narrated the story of a Hindu man � Saket Ram (Kamal Hassan) who develops this belief that Gandhiji is the man responsible for the communal disharmony in the country (in the 1940�s) and his ideologies and actions are responsible for the brutal murder of his beloved wife (Rani Mukherjee). This leads him into conspiring the assassination of Gandhiji but subsequently his thought-process changes. The climax of the film was a highpoint where Saket wants to make his confession to Gandhiji but before that Gandhi is actually assassinated by Nathuram Godse. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>The film also starred Gandhiji�s real-life grandson Tushar Gandhi (playing himself) apart from Shahrukh Khan, Atul Kulkarni, Vasundhara Das, Vikram Gokhale and Saurabh Shukla.