The aim of the study is to reveal the effects of Gandhi on the modernization of India by analyzing the main lines of the film titled Gandhi. Document review method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. As a document, the 1982 film "Gandhi", directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Ben Kingsley, was used. As a result, it was nominated for Oscar in 11 categories and won Oscars in 8 categories during its release. The film tells how and within what events Gandhi turned into a world-renowned charisma in his life, which he started as an ordinary person, how he resolved issues and problems in an impressively and swiftly, always at the forefront with people, with the power of the people behind him, and how India finally gained its freedom from the imperialist colonial powers. This film has introduced Gandhi to the world in a more detailed fashion. Although hundreds of books, hundreds of studies and articles have been written about Gandhi, none of them have introduced Gandhi to such a wide audience as this film. This process that India went through undoubtedly took place thanks to him and under his leadership, and laid the foundations of the modernization of today's India.