Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  No other couple in human history has shown such a spirit filled with revolutionary ambition for change. That too in a stagnant society like that of India. Image credit: Instagram My only complaint against the filmmakers is that the film’s title should have been Phules— not Phule. Savitri is not Jyotiba’s better half, but … Continue reading ‘Phule’: A Revolution on Screen 

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

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd I saw this news on 10th April morning that this great film Phule, which was meant to be released on 11 April (today), has been stopped by the CBFC. The news item reads: The release of the Hindi film Phule,” about the lives of social reformers Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule, has been delayed … Continue reading Strongly Condemn the Delay of Phule Film