Ramabai (film)

Ramabai is a 2016 Indian biographical film in Kannada language, based on the life of Ramabai Ambedkar, the first wife of Indian social reformer and politician B. R. Ambedkar. The film is directed by M. Ranganath, and stars Yagna Shetty as the eponymous lead, and Siddaram Karnik as Ambedkar. The film was released on the 14 April 2016 coinciding with the birthday of Dr. Ambedkar.

Cast

 * Yagna Shetty as Ramabai
 * Dr. Sidram Karanik as B. R. Ambedkar
 * Auditor Srinivas
 * Nagaraj
 * Bank Janardhan
 * Sumathishree
 * Mysore Ramanand

Production
Film producer Auditor Srinivas announced of making the film in February 2015. It was revealed that Vasudev Alur, predominantly a dialogue-writer in Kannada cinema, taking his original name M. Ranganath with the film, would direct it. In the same month, an audition was conducted by the makers to cast for supporting roles, in Bangalore. Yagna Shetty was cast to portray the role of Ramabai. Siddaram Karnik, an academician, who was researching on the life and work of B. R. Ambedkar at the time in Dharwad, was incidentally cast to play him in the film. Filming began on 27 March in Dharwad, following which it continued in Karwar, the two places where Ramabai and B. R. Ambedkar spent significant parts of their lives in, with the former having spent her final days in Dharwad. After a total of 30 days of filming, it completed by June 2015.