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Sir Ben Kingsley's real name revealed as veteran actor reflects on the sad reason why he decided to change it before landing his career defining role as Mahatma Gandhi


The legendary actor was 38-years old when he was cast as Gandhi in director Richard Attenborough's 1982 biopic alongside Sir John Gielgud, Martin Sheen and Edward Fox.

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