Habitat Film Club presents "Jai Bhim Comrade" film screening at Habitat World, IHC, Lodhi Road > 7pm on 9th April 2012

Time : 7:00 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call  91-11-43663333 (Habitat World) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Place : Habitat World, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 ( Cars ), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Details : Habitat Film Club presents 'Jai Bhim Comrade' film screening. 
In 1997, when a statue of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in a Dalit colony in Mumbai was desecrated with a garland of footwear, an angry mob gathered in protest. In no time, a police van drew up a couple of metres from the mob,
opened fire, and killed ten persons. Vilas Ghogre, a leftist poet, hung himself in protest. Jai Bhim Comrade, shot over 14 years, follows the music and the tradition of Ambedkarite reason that Vilas had been a part of. The screening will be followed by an interaction with the director. 

Language : English

Year : 2011

Duration : 188 mins

Director : Anand Patwardhan 

Collaboration : Navayana

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