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| director = [[Pralhad Keshav Atre]]<br />
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'''''Mahatma Phule''''' is a 1954 [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film directed by [[Pralhad Keshav Atre]]. The film is based on the life of social reformer and activist [[Jyotirao Phule|Jyotirao Govindrao Phule]].<br />
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The film won [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards (PDF)|accessdate=10 Mar 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
{{Main|Jyotirao Phule}}<br />
The film is a biopic based on the life and works of Phule. Phule was a social reformer and revolutionary activist from Maharashtra, India. Born in a socially backward class in nineteenth century India, along with his wife [[Savitribai Phule]] and others he worked for the upliftment of masses of lower caste. He was the pioneer of women's education in Maharashtra and set up the first school for girls in [[Budhwar Peth]], [[Pune]] in January 1848.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
The film won the first prestigious [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film (Rajat Kamal)]] in Marathi in the [[2nd National Film Awards]] function presented on 21 December 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm2ndNFAAward.aspx|title=2nd National Film Awards|accessdate=10 Mar 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314145008/http://iffi.nic.in/dff2011/frm2ndnfaaward.aspx|archive-date=14 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0154817|Mahatma Phule}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Marathi}}<br />
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