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India Today
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Death by a thousand cuts
When Ananth Mahadevan set out to make a straightforward biopic on the 19th century social reformers Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule, the first time it would be told in Hindi, little did he know he'd find himself in hot waters with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The board's examining committee came up with a series of amendments, which included changing mentions of Mang, Mahar, Shudra and Kunbi to lower caste and tweaking a line from 'teen hazaar saal puraani' (3,000 years old) to 'kai saal puraani' (going back several years). Mahadevan was taken aback. 'Just today I saw a headline in the Times of India which mentions Kunbis in big bold letters,' he said. 'If you can allow that in other forms of communication, why not cinema?'
Deccan Herald
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Deccan Herald
'Phule' movie review: Not as revolutionary as the couple
In Ananth Mahadevan's 'Phule', some aspects of the revolutionary couple who paved the way for a radical change in society is depicted in fragments throughout the film — from Jyotiba Phule teaching his wife English to getting inspired by Thomas Paine's 'Rights of Man', and from the couple opening a school for girl children and Dalits, to facing stiff opposition from Brahmins later.
