This is an unbelievable real life story of Dr Prakash and Dr. Vikas Amte, sons of Baba Amte and Sadhana Amte, social workers and freedom fighters. Dr. Vikas Amte and Dr. Prakash Amte, and their wives Dr. Mandakini and Dr. Bharati, have dedicated their lives to social work and causes similar to those of the senior Amte. Son Dr. Prakash Amte and his wife Dr. Mandakini Amte run a school and a hospital at Hemalkasa village in the underprivileged district of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra where people belonging to the Madia Gond tribe. After marrying Prakash Amte, Mandakini Amte left her governmental medical job and moved to Hemalkasa to eventually start a hospital, a school, and an orphanage for injured wild animals, including a lion and some leopards. Their two sons, Digant, a doctor, and Aniket, an engineer, have also dedicated their lives to the same causes as their parents. In 2008, Prakash and Mandakini were given the Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership. Baba Amtes elder son Vikas Amte and his wife Bharati Amte run the hospital at Anandwan and co-ordinate operations between Anandwan and satellite projects. Today, Anandwan and Hemalkasa village have one hospital, each. Anandwan has a university, an orphanage, and schools for the blind and the deaf. Currently, the self-sufficient Anandwan ashram has over 5,000 residents. The community development project at Anandwan in Maharashtra is recognised around the world. Besides Anandwan, Amte later founded Somnath and Ashokwan ashrams for treating leprosy. His life story has been made into a Biopic film, starring Nana Patekar, as Dr. Prakash Amte and Sonali Kulkarni as Dr. Mandakini Amte Dr Prakash Baba Amte : The Real Hero, released on 10th October,2014. The film has been released in three languages Hindi,Marathi and English and shows the biopic of the living legend.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 08:58:46 +0000
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