 Mark <unk> of The Christian Science Monitor argued in 2006 that the film was appealing because , " Gandhi gets his hands dirty . He appears as an apparition only visible to the wayward gangster , counselling him on how to help others deal with everyday problems . " Swati Gauri Sharma suggested in The Boston Globe that what the United States " needs is a film that encourages people to take up Gandhigiri , <unk> , or <unk> . If it worked for Bollywood , it could work for Hollywood . " 
