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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ramabai<br />
| image = Ramabai film.jpg<br />
| caption = Movie poster<br />
| native_name = <!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)--><br />
| director = M. Ranganath<br />
| producer = Y. Srinivas<br />
| screenplay = M. Ranganath<br />
| story = Dr. Sidram Karanik<br />
| starring = [[Yagna Shetty]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[K. Kalyan]]<br />
| cinematography = Gurudutt Musuri<br />
| editing = Sanjeev Reddy<br />
| studio = Sri Parameshwari Arts<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|2016|04|14|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 117 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
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'''''Ramabai''''' is a 2016 Indian [[biographical film]] in [[Kannada language]], based on the life of [[Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar|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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Khajane|first1=Muralidhara|title=Remembering Ramabai|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/remembering-ramabai/article7101466.ece|accessdate=21 October 2015|work=The Hindu|date=14 April 2015}}</ref> The film released on the 14 April 2016 coinciding the birthday of Dr. Ambedkar.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Yagna Shetty]] as Ramabai<br />
* Dr. Sidram Karanik as [[B. R. Ambedkar]]<br />
* Auditor Srinivas<br />
* Nagaraj<br />
* [[Bank Janardhan]]<br />
* Sumathishree<br />
* Mysore Ramanand<br />
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==Production==<br />
{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote="I picked up reading materials and even researched her on the Internet in order to learn more about her and that period. I tried a few things while acting but the main inputs came from the director and the team... Through the process, he [Siddaram Karnik] researched Ramabai as well. That’s how the script was written. We shot at the exact locations where Ramabai stayed. Major portions were shot in Dharwad and Karwar"|source=&nbsp;—[[Yagna Shetty]], regarding her preparation for the role and filming.<ref name="tnie1">{{cite web|title=Yagna's Next Chronicles Dr Ambedkar's Wife|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Yagnas-Next-Chronicles-Dr-Ambedkars-Wife/2015/04/28/article2786164.ece|publisher=The New Indian Express|accessdate=21 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021123111/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Yagnas-Next-Chronicles-Dr-Ambedkars-Wife/2015/04/28/article2786164.ece|archivedate=21 October 2015}}</ref>}}<br />
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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yajna Shetty Plays Dr.BR. Ambedkar's wife in Ramabai|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/news/11718-yajna-shetty-plays-dr-br-ambedkar-s-wife-in-ramabai.html|accessdate=21 October 2015|work=Chitraloka|date=17 March 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503084722/http://chitraloka.com/news/11718-yajna-shetty-plays-dr-br-ambedkar-s-wife-in-ramabai.html|archivedate=3 May 2015}}</ref> In the same month, an audition was conducted by the makers to cast for supporting roles, in [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ramabai Ambedkar...audition of the artists|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ramabai-Ambedkar/speednewsbytopic/keyid-256954.cms|work=The Times of India|accessdate=21 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021125521/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ramabai-Ambedkar/speednewsbytopic/keyid-256954.cms|archivedate=21 October 2015}}</ref> [[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 was cast play him in the film.<ref name="tnie1"/> 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.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar (film)]] - a 2011 Marathi language film on the same subject<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2016 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Cultural depictions of B. R. Ambedkar]]<br />
[[Category:Films about B. R. Ambedkar]]<br />
[[Category:2010s biographical films]]<br />
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