''The Battle of Bhima Koregaon: An Unending Journey'' is a 2017 documentary by Indian filmmaker

Somnath Waghmare Somnath Waghmare is an Indian documentary filmmaker based in the state of Maharashtra. His most prominent and most recent film, '' Battle of Bhima Koregaon,'' was critically received and screened in India and abroad. Till now, all his films ha ...

. It explored the role of 500 Mahar

dalit Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the Caste system in India, castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold Varna (Hinduism), varna syste ...

soldiers of the

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in the Battle of Koregaon on 1 January 1818 against

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rulers. It talks about dalit assertion on 1 January taking place every year. The 50 minute documentary was released in April 2017.

Production

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as he was still a

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student at

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. His topic of M.Phil. research was about caste and its portrayal in Marathi cinema.

Awards

The documentary was screened in first ever ''

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'' at

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Production

Awards

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