Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (डॉक्टर. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर) 2000

Published on April 2, 2013 in Cinema

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Banner	Min. Of Social Justice & Empowerment
Director	Jabbar Patel
Writer	Daya Pawar, Sooni Taraporeva
Producer	Madan Ratnaparkhi
Orginal music	Shahir Shiral
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta
Film Editing	Vijay Khochikar
Art Director	Nitin Chandrakant Desai
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Playback Singers	Shahir Shiral

Character	Actor / Actress
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar	Mammootty
Ramabai Ambedkar	Sonali Kulkarni
Mahatma Gandhi	Mohan Gokhale
Dr. Kabir	Mrinal Kulkarni
	Alisa Bosschaert
Rosa Epstein	Ma Jivan Mary
Lala Lajpatrai	Tirlok Malik
	Govind Namdeo
	Anjan Srivastav
	Rahul Solapurkar
young Sonali Kulkarni	Priya Bapat
Friend of Ambedkar	Luan Bexheti
Patron	Stacie Johnsen
Narsingh Rao	Pramod Kumar
	Sushant Singh

A portrait of the one of our greatest social reformer of our times - Ambedkar. The film documents the period between 1901 and 1956. The film delves more into Ambedkar's life as a reformer, while his personal life is sort of skimmed over. Ambedkar who is the first graduate of his community, the untouchables, is an unassuming young man. All he is concerned about, even when he goes to New York for further studies is that he's here to study, not get involved in political issues and rallies. His exchanges with Afro-Americans, his teachers who support Human Rights and the inclusion of the 14th Amendment in the US Constitution granting rights to African-Americans however rouse the reformer in him. While India is fighting against the British rule on the political level spear-headed by Mahatma Gandhi, Ambedkar wages a social battle against the Upper Caste Hindus. Ambedkar and Gandhi clash in their ideologies. Yet Gandhi admires Ambedkar and it is on his insistence that Ambedkar is made the first Law Minister in Prime Minister, Nehru's rule. The film ends on the note of salvation - where Ambedkar gives millions of untouchables an alternate religion where they find dignity, compassion and equality. He publicly renounces Hinduism and adopts Buddhism.

Release date	2000
Budget	RS 8.95 crore
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The film won three National Film Awards (India) in 1999.
Best feature film in English
Best Actor - Mammootty
Best Art Direction - Nitin Chandrakant Desai

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