Film

Patthe Bapurao

Year

1950

A biopic of Patthe Bapurao, Maharashtra’s famous composer and author of the folk-classical lavani musical form. He is shown as an upper-caste schoolteacher, absorbed in a musical genre practised by lower-caste people. He partners the dancer Pavala and together, after many hardships, they popularise the dance-music form throughout the region.