When everyone remembers Chaplin, he will be the sweet little man in a bowler hat and mustache who made us laugh. He made fun of dictators, the rich, vanity, list goes on.
He was a thoughtful genius. He made shrewd observations. One such story which made me like him a lot is
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He was a thoughtful genius. He made shrewd observations. One such story which made me like him a lot is
When he met Gandhi. They discussed on India& #39;s freedom struggle & he even witnessed a prayer by him. Chaplin wrote in his autobiography
"I got a lucid object lesson in tactical manoeuvring in Indiaâs fight for freedom, inspired, paradoxically, by a realistic, virile-minded visionary with a will of iron to carry it outâ.
He acknowledged India& #39;s freedom struggle & the will & vision of Gandhi.
He acknowledged India& #39;s freedom struggle & the will & vision of Gandhi.
But he also wrote this about the prayer & I love him all the more for it
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 âWhat a paradox, I thought, as I watched this extremely realistic man, with his astute legal mind and his profound sense of political reality, all of which seemed to vanish in a sing-song chantâ
 âWhat a paradox, I thought, as I watched this extremely realistic man, with his astute legal mind and his profound sense of political reality, all of which seemed to vanish in a sing-song chantâ
Happy birthday Charlie Chaplin!
Visionary genius who was ahead by a century !
Visionary genius who was ahead by a century !