Hansal Mehta has still not got Canada visa to attend the premiere of Gandhi at TIFF 2025, seeks help online
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Hansal Mehta and a still from Gandhi Photograph: (X)
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta is set to present his ambitious web series at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025. However, the director has encountered a major roadblock as he still hasn't got Canadian visa.
With just 10 days left for the world premiere of his highly anticipated show Gandhi at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, director Hansal Mehta is racing against time. The team has not received their Canada visas so far, and Mehta has sought help on social media.
The filmmaker has taken to social media to seek help, hoping to resolve the issue before the big event.
Hansal Mehta seeks help on social media
On Wednesday, Hansal took to X to share his ordeal before the scheduled world premiere of his Gandhi at the Toronto International Film Festival. He asked people to help him out.
“Can anybody help with visas at the Canadian High Commission in Delhi? We’re 10 days away from our world premiere at TIFF2025, and no sign of our visas. It’s nearly 3 weeks since we sent our passports,” Hansal wrote in his post.
Gandhi web series at TIFF 2025
The show stars Pratik Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi and will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, in its 50th edition this year. It is the first Indian series to be selected in TIFF’s prestigious Primetime slate.
Sharing the news on X, Hansal earlier had posted, “An audacious dream, born of belief and perseverance, now steps onto the world stage. Gandhi will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025 as part of its carefully curated PrimeTime slate. The first Indian series ever to be featured at TIFF. In its 50th year, this festival becomes the home for a story that is at once deeply personal and profoundly universal. A moment of pride. A moment of memory. A quiet revolution begins.”
He also shared the first look of the show which saw Pratik in character, with his hands folded in front of his chest. In the background were hundreds of men in white, looking at him.
The series, which will also feature Bhamini Oza as Kasturba Gandhi, is based on historian and author Ramachandra Guha’s two books — Gandhi before India and Gandhi: The Years that Changed the World. Hansal and Pratik have previously worked together in the 2020 show Scam 1992, which was a massive success.
The 50th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will take place from September 4 - 14, 2025.
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