mannerisms, and even the film’s title (Aandhi,meaning storm, rhymes with Gandhi) are undeniable, Gulzar explains in an oldFilmfareinterviewthat he never intended to base this film on the life of Indira Gandhi:
I first met Lili in East London tending to vegetables on her allotment plot. Surprised by my ability to communicate with her in Bangla and my interest in her gardening, she was eager to show me what she was growing and share the fruits (quite literally) of her labour. Lili soon invited ...