MUMBAI: Tamil filmmaker A Balakrishnan has announced the making of Welcome Back Gandhi (Mudhalvar Mahatma in Tamil) under the banner of Ramana Communications.

The film has Mahatma Gandhi revisit the world after a lapse of 60 years since he disappeared after which he rededicates himself in service of the humanity.

Balakrishnan said, "Every sequence in the film has its roots in the real life incidents of Mahatma Gandhi. The mission of the film is to emphasise the need to implement Gandhian principles to solve many of the problems facing the nation today."

In addition, the film has been designed to create a curiosity among the Indians and the rest of the world to know more about Gandhi and his ideological approach in getting rid of all the evils engulfing the global community.

Welcome Back Gandhi features S Kanagaraj as Gandhi and Anupam Kher, who besides playing the narrator, essays the role of a chief minister of a model state who recollects his life as Gandhi‘s disciple at the latter‘s ashram.