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A still from ‘Phule’ | Photo Credit: Zee Studios/YouTube Opposition in Maharashtra has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to exempt the film Phulefrom tax and make it available in schools. They argued that making the film tax-free would allow more people to know the history of India’s social reforms and movements. While NCP-SP leader Jayant…
Bollywood seldom tells stories of Dalit assertion. It mostly sees the marginalised as victims who need the compassion and cover of an upper caste saviour. Perhaps, that’s why the inspirational story of Jyotirao (Pratik Gandhi) and Savitribai Phule (Patralekhaa) remained off the radar of commercial filmmakers. Known to pick up challenging subjects, this week, writer-director Ananth…
Anant Mahadevan interview for Phule | Video Credit: The Hindu ‘Phule’, the biopic on social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and Savitribai Phule, is set to release in theatres on April 25. It was originally supposed to release on April 11, but it has been delayed due to objections raised by the Brahmin community and not…
Anant Mahadevan interview for Phule | Video Credit: The Hindu ‘Phule’, the biopic on social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and Savitribai Phule, is set to release in theatres on April 25. It was originally supposed to release on April 11, but it has been delayed due to objections raised by the Brahmin community and not…
Director Anurag Kashyap arrives ahead of the screening of “Husband Material” during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. | Photo Credit: AP Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has apologised on social media for a remark against the Brahmin community, saying his daughter, family members and colleagues were getting rape threats following…
Acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has waded into another controversy with his remarks on the Brahmin community. Amid the row over the ‘Phule’ movie, his reply to an X user that he would “urinate on Brahmins” sparked massive outrage and police complaints. His family has been getting rape and death threats for his remark, he has…
A still from ‘Phule’. | Photo Credit: Zee Studios/YouTube Phule, based on the lives of social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and Savitribai Phule, has been delayed due to objections raised by the Brahmin community and not because of the censor board-suggested amendments, film’s director Anant Mahadevan said on Friday. The biopic, featuring the Scam 1992…
