Devi Ahilya Bai (2002)

Marathi movie · Drama, History · 143 min · TMDB 0/10

Ahilyabai was born on May 31, 1725 in the village of Chaundi, in the present-day Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. Her father, Mankoji Shinde, was the patil of the village, a member of the proud Dhangar community. Women then did not go to school, but Ahilyabai's father taught her to read and write.

Cast: Shabana Azmi, Mallika Prasad, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Bharati Jaffrey, Aishwarya Shidhaye, Ganesh Yadav.

Directed by Jayoo Patwardhan and Nachiket Patwardhan.

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