Review – Nine Hours to Rama

This fictionalization of Nathuram Godse’s assassination of Mohandas Gandhi doesn’t actually take nine hours to watch, but at some points it seems like it does. The plot – assassin maneuvers into place as overworked cop struggles to locate and thwart him – reminded me of The Day of the Jackal, a movie that came along later and did a better job of keeping things interesting. On the other hand, this one did have an advantage or two. For example, Gandhi is actually a character in the story, played by an actor who does a reasonably good job in the role. The victim’s appearance as more than a target makes the ending all the more tragic. Mildly amusing