Do you think Gandhi is responsible for the tragic end of his eldest son, Harilal?

          For me Gandhi is not responsible for the tragic end of his eldest son Harilal because this is the path that Harilal chose for his destiny. They had strained and complex relationship. Gandhi’s wife Kasturba wanted Harilal got proper education but Gandhi wanted Hari to get an education in their mother tongue. Gandhi also chose who to get married with Hari, for Gandhi he wanted to make perfect future to his son. He also wanted Hari to follow all his order. Harilal and Gandhi had dreams in opposite direction. Harilal wanted to become barrister like his father so he wanted to further his study in England but meanwhile Gandhi wanted his son would join him to his ideals and causes that had he made. 

       When Prajivan-bhai wanted to give the scholarship to further study in barrister, Harilal gave the interested but Gandhi not gave that opportunity to his children but someone else it was unforgivable moment to Hari. For me, first I watched this movie I feel that Gandhi being so bad to his own son because he did not give the opportunity to Hari and just thought about someone else than his own family. He knew Hari wanted to further the study, but how could he still being bad to Hari. His father wanted to give everything to him, but for Hari, world only saw his father not him if he worked with his father. He wanted to find his own path and own identity.

             He did not want his father helped although his father wanted to lead him to correct way. He decided to find his own destiny and left South Africa and joined his wife. He went back to school to take the exam but his failure and ended in a financial dump. He tried to borrow from his father, but Gandhi had no money.  Each of his schemes to make money fell through and he ended up building a horrible reputation for himself, all the while tarnishing his father’s name. Besides, he also involved in a crime by cheating in his business. He turned to alcohol for solace and shuffles back and forth between Hinduism and Islam, in a never-ending search for peace. Gandhi also gave Harilal much opportunity to come back to him, but Hari refused. So, Gandhi is not responsible for what happened to Harilal, he chose this path for his own.