Ramai (2010)

Ramai is a Marathi biographical film about Ramabai, the first wife of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, affectionately known as Ramai, "mother Rama", by his followers. Married as a girl to the young Bhimrao, she managed the household through years of poverty and the loss of several children while he studied abroad and later led the movement against caste discrimination. Nisha Parulekar leads the cast, with Ganesh Jethe. Films about Ramabai have been made with devotion by and for the Ambedkarite community, and this one focuses on her sacrifice and quiet strength as the woman behind a historic life.