Vijaya Ramaswamy raises a pertinent question in the introduction to Biography as History: Indian Perspectives by asking why biographies in the Indian context end up being hagiographies. She responds to this through Ramachandra Guha's position in which Guha “…locates the problem of impoverished biographies in the obsession with idolatry/iconization that characterizes most biographies and biographers” (Ramaswamy 6). Speaking of political biographies, Ramaswamy prescribes that the biography of any political figure “must equally balance the personal and the political…” And he raises another valid question to the fore: whether crucial silences in political biographies are indicative of the disturbing trend among Indian biographers must “…express only what is praiseworthy and appears beautiful…” (Ramaswamy 7). It is against this premise that this article seeks to conduct a close reading of the Bollywood film Aandhi, released in 1975, as a fictionalized biography of India's third and only female Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (1917–1984). She was married to Feroze Gandhi (1912-1960). The film written, produced and directed by Gulzar, gained immense popularity as it was believed to portray the true facets of India's 'iron lady'. It would be helpful to begin with a brief account of some crucial events in Indira's life. to understanding the film. Pankaj Vohra, a reviewer of Katherine Frank's biography of Indira Gandhi, describes Frank's view of the tenuous Indira-Feroze relationship in the biography: “Indira remained trapped between her father and her husband. She, however, grew closer to her father because of her sense of her father's needs, and also her needs because the relationship with Feroze, although not boring and...... middle of paper ...... rine . “Mr Rushdie and Mrs Gandhi”. Biography 19.3 (summer 1996): 245-258. Print. Gandhi, Indira. Peoples and Problems (collection of speeches). Great Britain: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. 9-10. Print .Gokulsing, K. Moti and Wimal Dissanayake. Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1998. 46, 77. Print.Gulzar, Govind Nihalani and Saibal Chatterjee. Ed. Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema. Like Aandhi has got his songs. . Np Web. March 14, 2012.Ramaswamy, Vijaya and Yogesh Sharma. Ed. Biography as History: Indian Perspectives. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 6-7. Print. Vohra, Rev. of Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi. 2002): 96-100. Print.