Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar – Mahamanvachi Gauravgatha

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar – Mahamanvachi Gauravgatha
Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Dashami Creations
Original release
Network	Star Pravah
Release	18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) – 17 October 2020 (2020-10-17)

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar – Mahamanvachi Gauravgatha (Translation: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar – Glory Saga of Great Man) is a Marathi television series aired on

Plot

B. R. Ambedkar studying in Columbia University library and is approached by Lala Lajpat Rai to join his home rule league but Ambedkar refuses to do so as he came here on the scholarship of his highness Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State. Ambedkar is unable to afford studying in America so he also works part-time jobs washing plates and cleaning.

He passed his M.A. exam in June 1915, majoring in economics, and other subjects of sociology, history, philosophy and anthropology. He presented a thesis, Ancient Indian Commerce. Ambedkar was influenced by

inn, but here, non-Parsis were not allowed to stay. He and the Parsi inn-keeper reached a compromise, where by Ambedkar gave his name as a Parsi, and was allowed to stay.

After joining the new office as a new senior officer (Probationary officer) being an untouchable the peon of the office doesn't give him file in his hand he throw files on his table, Ambedkar feel thirsty and ask for a glass of water, the peon says there is no water when he goes on to drink water from the pot, Upper caste people finds this very uncomfortable and insult him and he is not allowed to drink water from that pot as they think by his touch it will pollute the water so they tell him to bring his own water and call him dirty and untouchable. After a few days of stay in Baroda it is discovered by other Parsis, that he is not Parsi and on the eleventh day of his stay, a group of angry Parsi men, armed with sticks, arrived to remove him from the inn. He had to leave the inn that very day, and not having a place to stay, was forced to leave Baroda and return to

to find work elsewhere.

In Bombay, Ambedkar applies for the post of professorship as professor of political economy in Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. On the first day of his job the students makes fun of him thinking what this untouchable will teach them does he know how to speak English. In the staff room when Ambedkar approaches towards water pot to drink water a professor named Trivedi doesn't like it and insults him. Ambedkar is approached by Shri Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur and Ambedkar starts a newspaper called Mooknayak in the year 1920. Ambedkar took a conference in Mangaon in Kolhapur it was attended by Shri Shahu Maharaj. The Maharaj declared in a prophetic vein "You have found your saviour in Ambedkar and I am confident that he will break your shackles".

Cast

• Sagar Deshmukh as
  B. R. Ambedkar
  • Amrut Gaikwad as small
    Ambedkar
  • Sanket Korlekar as young
    Ambedkar
• Shivani Rangole as Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar; Ambedkar's wife
  • Mrunmayee Supal as Young Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar
• Milind Adhikari as Ramji Sakpal; Ambedkar's father
• Aditi Dravid as Tulsa Sakpal; Ambedkar's sister
• Srushti Deshmukkh as Manjula Sakpal; Ambedkar’s sister
• Chinmayee Sumeet as Bhimabai Sakpal; Ambedkar's mother
• Prathamesh Divate as Anand Sakpal; Ambedkar's brother
• Pooja Nayak as Meerabai Sakpal; Ambedkar's aatya
• Shivani Sonar as Laxmi Sakpal; Anand's wife
• Aditya Beedkar as Balaram Sakpal; Ambedkar's brother
• Rahul Solapurkar as
  Shahu Maharaj
• Ritesh Tiwari as Nama
• Kiran Mane as Keluskar Guruji
• Bhagyashree Pane as Nama's mother

Production

Development

The series produced by Dashami Creations, directed by Ganesh Rasane. The first episode was aired on 18 May 2019 on the occasion of

. The entire biography of Ambedkar from his childhood to mahaparinirvana has been sketched through the series. His work in various fields such as social, political, economic, educational, journalism, law has been reviewed in the series. It is based on the biographical book "Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar" (vol. 1 to 12) of historian Changdev Bhavanrao Khairmode, however more than 800 books in Marathi, Hindi, English, etc. have been collected for this series.

Satish Rajwade, Content Head and Star-Director of Star Pravah, who was instrumental in the decision to make a series on Ambedkar, said, "As a story teller, I personally think that Millions of people from all over the country come to places like Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur. People say that only Babasaheb has the right to our bread, our life, so think about how great the power of that person will be. Even today, if one asks the common man, many people do not know much about Babasaheb beyond the man who wrote Constitution of India. His struggles, the ups and downs of his life, his sacrifices and his work for the country as a whole are so great that it is our concern that his biography should be shared with all. With the same obsession, it's all going on. Babasaheb, let everyone know, this is our sincere wish."^[4] The series is popular in Maharashtra and the other parts of India. It was also seen abroad in Europe and United States.^[5]

Casting

Director

Airing history

No.	Airing Date	Days	Time (IST)
1	18 May 2019 – 25 March 2020	Mon-Sat	9 pm
2	13 July – 21 August 2020
3	22 August – 17 October 2020		10.30 pm

Soundtrack

The title song is composed and written by two brothers Adarsh Shinde and Utkarsh Shinde, while the singing is done by Adarsh Shinde. Adarsh and Utkarsh have written the words after much study and reading of this title song. This is the first time the duo has written a title song for a series.^[10][11]

Dubbed version

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired
Marathi	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar – Mahamanvachi Gauravgatha	18 May 2019	Star Pravah	17 October 2020
Hindi	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar – Ek Mahamanav Ki Mahagatha[12]	14 April 2020	Star Bharat	15 May 2020

References

External links

• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar – Mahamanvachi Gauravgatha at
  IMDb
• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar – Mahamanvachi Gauravgatha at Disney+ Hotstar