See Pascal, Valerie (1970). The disciple and his devil: Gabriel Pascal, Bernard Shaw. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN978-0-595-33772-9. Page 219 states that "Nehru had given his consent, which he confirmed later in a letter to Gabriel: 'I feel... that you are the man who can produce something worthwhile. I was greatly interested in what you told me about this subject [the Gandhi film] and your whole approach to it."
Pascal, Valerie, The Disciple and His Devil. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. p. 59. LCCN79-119827
Deans, Marjorie. Meeting at the Sphinx: Gabriel Pascal's Production of Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, with forewords by both the author and producer, Bernard Shaw and Gabriel Pascal. London: MacDonald, 1946, Prologue. LCCN46-6464