Phule

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Jyotirao Govindrao Phule was an Indian writer, social worker, thinker and anti-caste social reformer from Maharashtra. He is known to work for untouchability and efforts to eradicate the caste system and educate women. He and his wife Savitribai Phule were pioneers of women’s education in India. He was born on April 11, 1827 and his birth anniversary is celebrated every year as Jyotiba Phule Jayanti. Jyotirao ‘Jyotiba’ Govindrao Phule was a prominent social reformer and thinker of 19th century India. He led the movement against caste-ban prevalent in India. He rebelled against the dominance of the Brahmins and fought for the rights of farmers and other lower castes. Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, also known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule was also a pioneer in women’s education in India and fought for girls’ education all his life. He is believed to be the first Hindu to start an orphanage for unfortunate children. Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • Name Jyotirao Govindrao Phule [ Date of Birth April 11, 1827 Place of Birth Maharashtra, India Parents Govindrao Phule (Father) Simnabai (Mother) Spouse Savitri Phule Education High School of the Scottish Mission, Pune Associations Satya Shodak Samaj Death November 28, 1890 • • • • • • • • • • • Childhood and Early Life of Jyotiba Phule Jyotirao Govindrao Phule was born in 1827 in Satara district of Maharashtra. His father’s name is Govindrao Phule and his mother’s name is Simnabai. His father Govindrao was a ve...

After Bhagat Singh, Bose, B.R. Ambedkar, and Gandhi, now the iconic couple — Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule — join the biopics hall of fame in Bollywood. It took a century for the Hindi film industry to shed its anxiety around the Phule reformer couple. Director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan says they somehow ruffle too many feathers. Relegated to the margins of early history textbooks, it was only after the advent of new-age Digital Dalits and discourse around Dalit politics in the last decade, that the name and contribution of Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule, reached millions. And yet, they have been missing from the landscape of the Hindi film industry. Following in the footsteps of the Marathi film industry, Bollywood is now waking up to embrace the social reformist couple from Maharashtra. The Hindi feature film titled Phule, starring Pratik Gandhi and Patralekha in the lead roles, will go on floors in April this year and could also see a release by the end of 2023. The film’s poster was released last week. But why has it taken so long? “A lot of historians who have studied Phule say their work has deliberately been brushed under the carpet because it was so revolutionary. They fought against the caste and gender discrimination which, ironically and unfortunately, exists even today,” Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, the writer-director of Phule, told ThePrint. “One of the reasons why no one wanted or even came close to making a film on the first revolutionary couple...