''Ramabai'' is a 2016 Indian

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native sp ...

, based on the life of

Ramabai 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 biog ...

, the first wife of Indian social reformer and politician

B. R. 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 a ...

. The film is directed by M. Ranganath, and stars

Yagna Shetty Yagna Shetty is an Indian actress known for her work in Kannada cinema. She made her debut in the 2007 film ''Ondu Preethiya Kathe'', following which she appeared in ''Eddelu Manjunatha'', a performance that won her a Filmfare Special Award. S ...

as the eponymous lead, and Siddaram Karnik as Ambedkar. The film was released on the 14 April 2016 coinciding with the birthday of Dr. Ambedkar.

Cast

as Ramabai * Dr. Sidram Karanik as

* Auditor Srinivas * Nagaraj * Bank Janardhan * Sumathishree * Mysore Ramanand

Production

Film producer Auditor Srinivas announced of making the film in February 2015. It was revealed that Vasudev Alur, predominantly a dialogue-writer in Kannada cinema, taking his original name M. Ranganath with the film, would direct it. In the same month, an audition was conducted by the makers to cast for supporting roles, in Bangalore.

was cast to portray the role of Ramabai. Siddaram Karnik, an academic, who was researching on the life and work of

at the time in Dharwad, was incidentally cast to play him in the film. Filming began on 27 March in Dharwad, following which it continued in Karwar, the two places where Ramabai and

spent significant parts of their lives in, with the former having spent her final days in Dharwad. After a total of 30 days of filming, it completed by June 2015.

References

2016 films Indian biographical films 2010s Kannada-language films Cultural depictions of B. R. Ambedkar Films about B. R. Ambedkar 2010s biographical films {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub

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