Atul Ashok Howale  Shepherd also pointed to the irony that the Maharashtra government recommended a Bharat Ratna for Phule but is mum on the film's censorship.  Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd in conversation with Atul Howale. New Delhi: A biopic on Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule, which was supposed to be released on Phule’s 198th birth anniversary … Continue reading Full Text | Sort of Cuts Demanded of ‘Phule’ Will Deprive Film of Its Soul: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 

If we want to reform, we must acknowledge the barbaric acts our ancestors perpetrated against fellow human beings with a sense of historical guilt. We must appreciate what the Phules and Ambedkar have done to reform our society Though there are many small films on these social reformers, Phule is the first major Bollywood film. … Continue reading ‘Phule’ depicts a brutal truth of our past. We cannot sweep it away