''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar - Mahamanvachi Gauravgatha'' (Translation: ''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar - Glory Saga of Great Man'') is a Marathi television series aired on

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. The drama is based on life of B. R. Ambedkar was released on 18 May 2019 on the occasion of

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Plot

B. R. Ambedkar studying in

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library and is approached by

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to join his home rule league but Ambedkar refuses to do so as he came here on the scholarship of his highness

Sayajirao Gaekwad III Sayajirao Gaekwad III (born Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad; 11 March 1863 – 6 February 1939) was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939, and is remembered for reforming much of his state during his rule. He belonged to the royal Ga ...

Baroda State Baroda State was a state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India in 1949. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its ...

. Ambedkar is unable to afford studying in America so he also works part-time jobs washing plates and cleaning. He passed his M.A. exam in June 1915, majoring in economics, and other subjects of sociology, history, philosophy and anthropology. He presented a thesis, Ancient Indian Commerce. Ambedkar was influenced by

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and his work on democracy. In 1916 he completed his second thesis, National Dividend of India - A Historic and Analytical Study for another M.A. In October 1916, he enrolled for the Bar course at

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, and at the same time enrolled at the

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where he started working on a doctoral thesis. 1917 The term of his scholarship from Baroda ended, so that he was obliged to go back to India in June with his work unfinished; he was, however, given permission to return and finish within four years. He sent his precious and much-loved collection of books back on a steamer—but it was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine Ambedkar went to Baroda State to work as a probationer in the Accountant General's Office . A scholarship of 11.50 British pounds a month, for three years, was awarded to the young Ambedkar and per the agreement he has to serve baroda for 10 years after the completion of his studies. However, upon arriving in Baroda, he realized that none of the Hindu hotels would allow his to stay due to his lower caste. He found a

Parsi Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...

inn, but here, non-Parsis were not allowed to stay. He and the Parsi inn-keeper reached a compromise, where by Ambedkar gave his name as a Parsi, and was allowed to stay. After joining the new office as a new senior officer (Probationary officer) being an untouchable the peon of the office doesn't give him file in his hand he throw files on his table, Ambedkar feel thirsty and ask for a glass of water, the peon says there is no water when he goes on to drink water from the pot, Upper caste people finds this very uncomfortable and insult him and he is not allowed to drink water from that pot as they think by his touch it will pollute the water so they tell him to bring his own water and call him dirty and untouchable. After a few days of stay in Baroda it is discovered by other Parsis, that he is not Parsi and on the eleventh day of his stay, a group of angry Parsi men, armed with sticks, arrived to remove him from the inn. He had to leave the inn that very day, and not having a place to stay, was forced to leave Baroda and return to

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to find work elsewhere. In Bombay, Ambedkar applies for the post of professorship as professor of

political economy Political economy is the study of how economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and political systems (e.g. law, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied phenomena within the discipline are systems such as labour ...

in Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. On the first day of his job the students makes fun of him thinking what this untouchable will teach them does he know how to speak English. In the staff room when Ambedkar approaches towards water pot to drink water a professor named

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doesn't like it and insults him. Ambedkar is approached by Shri Shahu Maharaj of

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and Ambedkar starts a newspaper called Mooknayak in the year 1920. Ambedkar took a conference in Mangaon in Kolhapur it was attended by Shri Shahu Maharaj. The Maharaj declared in a prophetic vein "You have found your saviour in Ambedkar and I am confident that he will break your shackles".

Cast

* Sagar Deshmukh as B. R. Ambedkar ** Amrut Gaikwad as small

Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served ...

** Sanket Korlekar as young

* Shivani Rangole as

Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar (7 February 1898 – 27 May 1935) was the first wife of B. R. Ambedkar, who said her support was instrumental in helping him pursue his higher education and his true potential. She has been the subject of a number of bio ...

; Ambedkar's wife ** Mrunmayee Supal as Young

* Milind Adhikari as Ramji Sakpal; Ambedkar's father * Aditi Dravid as Tulsa Sakpal; Ambedkar's sister * Srushti Deshmukkh as Manjula Sakpal; Ambedkar’s sister * Chinmayee Sumeet as Bhimabai Sakpal; Ambedkar's mother * Prathamesh Divate as Anand Sakpal; Ambedkar's brother * Pooja Nayak as Meerabai Sakpal; Ambedkar's aatya * Shivani Sonar as Laxmi Sakpal; Anand's wife * Aditya Beedkar as Balaram Sakpal; Ambedkar's brother * Rahul Solapurkar as

Shahu Maharaj Shahu (also known as Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, Shahu IV, Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj, Kolhapur's Shahu) (26 June 1874 – 6 May 1922) of the Bhonsle dynasty of Marathas was a Raja (reign. 1894 – 1900) and the first Maharaja (1900–1922) of ...

* Ritesh Tiwari as Nama * Kiran Mane as Keluskar Guruji * Bhagyashree Pane as Nama's mother

Production

Development

The series produced by Dashami Creations, directed by Ganesh Rasane. The first episode was aired on 18 May 2019 on the occasion of

. The entire biography of Ambedkar from his childhood to mahaparinirvana has been sketched through the series. His work in various fields such as social, political, economic, educational, journalism, law has been reviewed in the series. It is based on the biographical book "Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar" (vol. 1 to 12) of historian Changdev Bhavanrao Khairmode, however more than 800 books in Marathi, Hindi, English, etc. have been collected for this series.

Satish Rajwade Satish Rajwade (born 9 January 1973) is an Indian Marathi film and television director and writer. He has also acted in few Hindi films and Marathi television series. Career Rajwade started his career with acting in various Hindi and Marathi f ...

, Content Head and Star-Director of

, who was instrumental in the decision to make a series on Ambedkar, said, "As a story teller, I personally think that Millions of people from all over the country come to places like Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur. People say that only Babasaheb has the right to our bread, our life, so think about how great the power of that person will be. Even today, if one asks the common man, many people do not know much about Babasaheb beyond the man who wrote

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. His struggles, the ups and downs of his life, his sacrifices and his work for the country as a whole are so great that it is our concern that his biography should be shared with all. With the same obsession, it's all going on. Babasaheb, let everyone know, this is our sincere wish." The series is popular in

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and the other parts of

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. It was also seen abroad in

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and USA.

Casting

Director

selected Sagar Deshmukh to played young version of

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served ...

. & kid version played by Amrut Gaikwad. Mrunmayee Supal was selected to play the kid version of Ramabai Ambedkar & Shivani Rangole was cast as the young version of Ramabai Ambedkar.

Airing history

Soundtrack

The title song is composed and written by two brothers Adarsh Shinde and Utkarsh Shinde, while the singing is done by Adarsh Shinde. Adarsh and Utkarsh have written the words after much study and reading of this title song. This is the first time the duo has written a title song for a series.

Dubbed version

References

External links

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''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar - Mahamanvachi Gauravgatha''
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