Private Project

Ajaat (Casteless)

During the 1930s, Ganapati aka Hari Maharaj Bhabhutkar (1885-1944) of Varkari community, from Mangarul Dastagir (District Amravati in Maharashtra, India), asked his followers to abandon their castes.
After India's independence, these followers started writing 'Ajaat' (Casteless) under Caste section on government related documents.
This documentary is based on experiences of these people.

  • Arvind Gajanan Joshi
    Director
  • Arvind Gajanan Joshi
    Writer
  • Harshal Alurkar
    Producer
  • Mayur Meera Kishor
    Producer
  • Dr. Swati Kamshette
    Producer
  • Vinayak R. Fulari
    Producer
  • Dinkar Manwar
    Producer
  • Nilesh Prabhuling Narke
    Producer
  • Shashank Dattatray Pratapwar
    Producer
  • Sunil Chandurkar
    Producer
  • Bharat Mayekar
    Producer
  • Satyapalsingh Aadharsingh Rajput
    Key Cast
  • Ranjeet Vyankatrao Shendge
    Key Cast
  • Yashovardhan Kulkarni
    Key Cast
  • Harishchandra Gopalrao Nimkar
    Key Cast
  • Vivek Chakre
    Editor
  • Shailesh Desai
    Camera
  • Pandharinath Nimkar
    Music
  • Naresh Gopalrao Nimkar
    Music
  • Ramchandra Gopalrao Nimkar
    Music
  • Vitthalrao Gawande
    Music
  • Gurudev Bhajan Mandal, Peth Raghunathpur
    Music
  • Harsh Pandit
    Executive Producer
  • Mayuresh Rajaram Chavan
    Executive Producer
  • Yashovardhan Kulkarni
    Production Manager
  • Vikrant Pawar
    Sound Mixing
  • Arvind Gajanan Joshi
    Sound Recording
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    अजात
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Genres:
    Social
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    7,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Marathi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Impact DOCS Awards, USA

    United States
    February 1, 2017
    Award of Merit
  • Auckland International Film Festival

    New Zealand
  • First Screening At Buldana, Maharashtra, India
    Buldana
    India
    October 31, 2016
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Arvind Gajanan Joshi

Arvind Gajanan Joshi, 26, completed his engineering from Pune University in India, but his main interest always lied in films and literature. So, after completing his engineering, he denied the traditional middle-class route and worked as an assitant director in Hindi & Marathi Television industry. He is especially fond of poetry and literature of saints, irrespective of their individual eras or belongings. He has a keen interest in exploring different philosophies and their socio-political repercussions, particularly on the people belonging to the middle-class. This is his first attempt at feature length filmmaking.

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Director Statement

The film has two main features. First concerns with the documentation. As a society, we have no proper mechanism to keep records of all the important events in the past. That's why, it's been very difficult to interpret our past, our bygone heroes and their works. Second feature is the most important byproduct of the first feature. As we don't document things in an effective manner, even the most faithful disciples of an idol could not understand him nor his own descendants. So, when his legacy is passed onto next generations, it takes a form which wasn't intended at all.