Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar - 2000

Story

The film scans the period of Dr. Ambedkar's life from 1901-1956, from when he was a student at the University of Columbia to when he is Minister of Law in the Nehru government immediately after India achieved her independence. Born in an 'untouchable' family, Ambedkar was the first graduate in his family. Later, when he sought to bring about changes amongst his community, he realized that granting them political rights was the only way to help them lead lives, which could be called human. And thus began a battle with Hinduism; the tussle to break away from which was prevented by Gandhi whose ideas clashed greatly with Ambedkar's. Until Ambedkar converted the Dalits to Buddhism and granted them an identity all of their own.