India, Oct. 2 -- The association of Pratik Gandhi to playing Mahatma Gandhi across mediums is nothing less than an enigma. He has played the Father of The Nation for years on stage, and even has a web series coming up named Gandhi where he plays him. And to add to the coincidence, he is also performing a stage play today on Gandhi Jayanti, where he plays him yet again.

Mention all this and Pratik Gandhi quips, "Me playing Gandhi was written the day I was born in a Gandhi family. When I was given the Gandhi surname, I was destined to do it." The actor adds that bringing Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's life alive has been a privilege for him. "Gandhi is more relevant in these times than he was ever before for the whole world. We need over a t...