The Battle of Bhima Koregaon: An Unending Journey is a 2017 documentary by Indian filmmaker Somnath Waghmare. It explored the role of 500 Mahar Dalit soldiers of the East India Company in the Battle of Koregaon on 1 January 1818 against the Maratha Peshwa rulers. It talks about Dalit assertion on 1 January taking place every year. The 50-minute documentary was released in April 2017.
Production For producing this documentary, Somnath Waghamare used Crowdfunding as he was still a PhD student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences. His topic of M.Phil. research was about caste and its portrayal in Marathi cinema.
Awards The documentary was screened in first ever Dalit Film and Cultural Festival at Columbia University, New York.
See also Battle of Koregaon
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