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The film charts the life and work of Bhagwan Das, 82, who worked as a research associate with Dr B.R. Ambedkar in 1955–56. Between 1963 and 1980, Das edited, compiled and produced the four-volume ‘Thus Spoke Ambedkar’ series. Born in 1927 in Jutogh cantonment, Shimla, Das joined Ambedkar’s Scheduled Caste Federation at the age of 16 and served the Royal Indian Air Force as a radar operator during World War II. The film, shot in Shimla and Delhi over nine months, coaxes Das to remember the past and offers a dalit perspective on some of the key moments in modern Indian history.

Subject: History, Caste, Exclusion, Biography, Society

Awards and Screenings

Selected for screening in the competitive section of Film South Asia, Kathamandu (16-20 Sept, 2009).

Screened at London School of Economics in April 2009.

Producer

Navayana Trust

Creative Crew

Camera: Anshul Uniyal / Editing: Shikha Sen / Sound: Asheesh Pandya

Territory: SOUTH ASIA

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