The Battle of Bhima Koregaon: An Unending Journey

The Battle of Bhima Koregaon: An Unending Journey is a 2017 documentary by Indian filmmaker Somnath Waghamare.[1][2] It explored the role of 500 Mahar dalit soldiers of the East India Company in the Battle of Koregaon on 1 January 1818 against Maratha Peshwa rulers.[3][4] It talks about dalit assertion on 1 January taking place every year.[5] The 50 minute documentary was released in April 2017.[6]

The Battle of Bhima Koregaon: An Unending Journey
Directed bySomnath Waghamare
Produced byPedestrian Pictures
Based onBattle of Koregaon
StarringJay Stambh at the Koregaon Bhima
Music bySamata Sainik Dal
CinematographyAbhijit Kambale
Rohan Awaghade
Bhushan Chudhari
Edited byDeepu (Pradeep K P)
Production
companies
Pedestrian Pictures
Release date
  • 14 April 2017 (2017-April-14) (Worldwide)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryIndia
Languagemultiple Indian languages

Production

For producing this documentary, Somnath Waghamare used Crowdfunding as he was still a PhD student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences.[7][8] His topic of M.Phil research was about caste and its portrayal in Marathi cinema.[9]

Awards

The documentary was screened in first ever Dalit Film and Cultural Festival at Columbia University, New York.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Docu-film on intriguing 1818 battle premieres in Bengaluru". Deccan Herald. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. "Somnath Waghmare's documentary explains why the Battle of Bhima Koregaon is important to Dalits". The Indian Express. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  3. Staff, Scroll. "Why is celebrating the Battle of Bhima Koregaon important to Dalits? A documentary has some answers". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  4. "A Docu Journey Into the History and Significance of Bhima Koregaon". Suresh Mathew. Bloomberg Quint. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. Mallya, Vinutha MallyaVinutha; Dec 24, Pune Mirror | Updated; 2017; Ist, 16:05. "Songs of revolution". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 2019-12-08.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Muzaffar, Maroosha (2018-05-02). "Somnath Waghmare Wants to Revolutionise Dalit Cinema". Vice. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  7. "Help crowdfund this filmmaker from TISS who wants to make Dalit stories from Dalit perspectives". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  8. "Somnath Waghmare on Bhima Koregaon and the Fight against Brahminism". NewsClick. 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  9. Shende, Vinay. "Fighting Caste through Film: Interview with Pratik Parmar & Somnath Waghmare". Round Table India. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  10. January 31, Aarthi Murali On; 2019 (2019-01-31). "'Kaala' & 'Pariyerum Perumal' To Be Screened At Dalit Film And Cultural Festival In New York". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 2019-12-08.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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