简介：Aportraitoftheoneofourgreatestsocialreformerofourtimes-Ambedkar.Thefilmdocumentstheperiodbetween1901and1956.ThefilmdelvesmoreintoAmbedkar'slifeasareformer,whilehispersonallifeissortofskimmedover.Ambedkarwhoisthefirstgraduateofhiscommunity,theuntouchables,isanunassumingyoungman.Allheisconcernedabout,evenwhenhegoestoNewYorkforfurtherstudiesisthathe'sheretostudy,notgetinvolvedinpoliticalissuesandrallies.HisexchangeswithAfro-Americans,histeacherswhosupportHumanRightsandtheinclusionofthe14thAmendmentintheUSConstitutiongrantingrightstoAfrican-Americanshoweverrousethereformerinhim.WhileIndiaisfightingagainsttheBritishruleonthepoliticallevelspear-headedbyMahatmaGandhi,AmbedkarwagesasocialbattleagainsttheUpperCasteHindus.AmbedkarandGandhiclashintheirideologies.YetGandhiadmiresAmbedkaranditisonhisinsistencethatAmbedkarismadethefirstLawMinisterinPrimeMinister,Nehru'srule.Thefilmendsonthenoteofsalvation-whereAmbedkargivesmillionsofuntouchablesanalternatereligionwheretheyfinddignity,compassionandequality.HepubliclyrenouncesHinduismandadoptsBuddhism.…