Phule

Book My Show is doing injustice to the audience by not making the film made on Mahatma Phool available for booking. The film is well made but I am angry with the director because the changes he has made make it seem as if the whole context has changed. But still his effort to make this film is commendable. Thanks to the entire team of Phool for bringing Mahatma Phool on screen once again. Whatever changes were made in this film, it would not have hurt any Brahmin community, but it is not good to change the history of our Mahatma's message to please someone.

But many cinema halls did not show this, which clearly shows how much they are affected by the deeds of their ancestors.

Watching this film, I got thrilled. It was like we are in that era and experiencing those things.

It is real history, we can learn from this movie that we don't have to repeat history again.

We should concentrate on wellbeing of our society, than the Jati-Dharma controversy.

The actor done his best, the direction of the film is also stay you seated.

This movie shows the real struggle of the great people at that era.

I think everyone should watch this movie with their family. There was not any hate content related to perticular caste because that caste itself was helping to Mahatma Jyotiba phule.

"Phule" is more than a film-it's a tribute to one of India's most revolutionary social reformers. Jyotirao Phule, along with Savitribai Phule, courageously challenged the deeply entrenched Brahmanical dominance in 19th-century India. At a time when caste oppression and patriarchy ruled every aspect of life, Phule fought for the rights of the oppressed, opened the first school for girls in 1848, and established the Satyashodhak Samaj to promote social equality. He fearlessly questioned the Manusmriti and other religious texts that justified untouchability and gender discrimination. Phule's intellectual fire and moral courage laid the foundation for social justice in modern India. This film does justice to his legacy by bringing his forgotten revolution back to public consciousness. A must-watch for anyone who values truth, equality, and courage."

And this movie beautifully portrays its importance. This movie had a certain feel to it that made me want to watch it, it might be because of the time period, the revolutionaries or the cause, but there was a feeling inside me that I just might love the film. Now, after having watched the film, I can safely say that I absolutely loved it!

Right from the start, we are introduced to the wailings of the oppressed society, and to a man and a woman who wanted to relieve them of their woes. The way through which their struggles and efforts are portrayed to the audience, it all feels relatable and makes us reflect on the difficulties that the lower castes must have felt due to the arbitrary norms imposed upon them. Though less spread, these social evils still persist in our society.

I will start with the negatives first as this would help in clearing out the clutter before delving into the core goodness and importance of the film. Now, these flaws aren't dealbreakers by any means but I thought that I might mention them nonetheless.

1. At the start of the film (for about 15-20 minutes), there are many set pieces and cuts and the characters moving from one place to another place, at a rapid pace. This is bound to take you out of the experience for the time being.

2. A kind of soap opera-like music implementation, where every set piece begins with a transition-like music.

3. Patralekhaa's acting and dialogue delivery, which fall short of the impact to be achieved for some brief moments during this timeframe.

4. Then, a slight pacing problem. From the start, things rocket off but as you cross the 15-20 minute mark (again), things start slowing down, and then the film suddenly gets into a place where almost exactly appropriate attention is given to each of the situations arising from the plot. There are a few hiccups here and there, where the viewer would have felt that certain moments should have lingered for longer, but it never gets jarring. At the end, you come to the conclusion that the runtime couldn't have been increased by much and that 2h 9m was sufficient.

5. One thing that I also must add is that some people might find this film to hold your hand (for brief moments) in some places where the characters state the obvious or explain something for the audience to understand.

These were the problems which I think slightly affected the overall experience, and frankly, this is an achievement in itself. For a film that set out to achieve so much as to portray Jyotiba and Savitribai's life on the big screen in just about 2 hours, these can be considered just some hiccups rather than glaring cons.

Now, that's all the negatives, time for the positives that make this movie such a treat to watch.

1. Let's start with the sets and costumes. This has to be among the top designs I have ever seen in movies. It all feels so authentic which ultimately makes the viewer extremely engrossed in their world and form a bond with it.

2. This authenticity is further added to by the dialogues. They are genuinely one of the best written dialogues that I have heard in a Hindi movie since the past few years. The impact lines are actually hard-hitting or hoot-worthy by themselves, without any dependence on the background music (which we have seen in so many movies). The emotions of the characters are so well-reflected by the dialogues while still adhering to the vocabulary of those times.

3. This brings me to the screenplay, the way characters interact, seem very responsive and natural i.e. It doesn't feel like that they are following a set of directions rather they are actively discussing things or just taking in the moments. This sort of realism just makes the film that much more relatable.

4. The solid acting of the whole cast just helps bind these technicalities together so well that you start feeling for each and every bit of their worries and wish for their alleviation.

5. The background score and the songs help this movie tap into the core of the viewers' emotions as it conveys what words cannot, and that too, beautifully.

6. The stew of emotions (joy, sadness, anger, proud, etc.) that it brews in you are its biggest strengths but they cannot be reciprocated in such a way that would do justice to the film.

After coming out of the theatre, I was left with a sense of guilt for the oppressions that the people of the lower castes had to face in their lives, how much Jyotiba Phule and his wife and those associated with him had to endure for such a cause, and how some of us still keep on encouraging that kind of an inhuman behaviour. It made me reflect deeply on today's society's treatment of women and the downtrodden, I felt apologetic for their hardships due to a system that was created against them. It was a truly humbling experience. The film beautifully captured its resolution (or at least an effort toward it) and provided the viewers the inspiration and motivation to carry on Phule's legacy. This is a film that should be watched by everyone as it imparts the idea of humanity and how we are all in this together, ignoring the boundaries of arbitrary systems created by those who deprived the downtrodden of their freedom for their own benefit.

I just watched Phule and honestly, I'm surprised how so many bad reviews have piled up against it. It doesn't feel organic. Looks like there's a campaign going on.

I just watched Phule and honestly, I'm surprised how so many bad reviews have piled up against it. It doesn't feel organic. Looks like there's a campaign going on.

I went to the theatre pulled by the lure of Pratik Gandhi, Anant Mahadevan, and the legend of Jyotiba Phule. But when I came out, it was Savitribai (Patralekha) who stayed with me the most. What a performance. Strong, tender, fierce - everything Savitribai deserved.

The best best movie in the film industries.