Harry Potter's 'Draco Malfoy' plays major role in ‘Gandhi’ series, poses with A R Rahman

British actor Tom Felton, who rose to fame playing Draco in the Harry Potter movie franchise, plays a prominent role in the Hansal Mehta-directed series ‘Gandhi’, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Music composer A R Rahman took to Instagram, where he shared a selfie posing with Felton, and the text overlay read: “With Draco”.

“Tom Felton is a major part of the Gandhi series I am scoring, which premiered yesterday at TIFF,” Rahman wrote as the caption. Felton will be seen as Josiah Oldfield in the Hansal Mehta-directed series. Gandhi depicts the life of Mahatma Gandhi, based on the books 'Gandhi Before India' and 'Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World' by Ramachandra Guha. The series will span over three seasons. The shooting for the first season, set between 1888 and 1915, was completed in August 2024.

Season one of the show follows Gandhi’s early life, starting in colonial India as a curious teenager, then as a shy law student in London, and finally as a young lawyer who spends 23 life-changing years in South Africa. The series, which stars Pratik Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi and actress Bhamini Oza as Kasturba Gandhi, is produced by Applause Entertainment.

Rahman is the recipient of six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In 2010, the Government of India conferred him with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award.

Felton began appearing in commercials and made his screen debut as Peagreen Clock in 'The Borrowers'. He portrayed Louis T Leonowens in 'Anna and the King' before being cast as Draco Malfoy in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter fantasy novels by J K Rowling, starting with 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' and finishing with 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

Felton also appeared in the sci-fi film ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes.’ He was subsequently cast in indie films 'From the Rough' and 'The Apparition'.