Anandi Gopal

'Anandi Gopal' is the biographical story of one of the first women in India to qualify as a doctor through studying for a two-year diploma in Western medicine in the USA. The film follows her short, 22-year-life and its ups and downs as she struggles to establish a name for herself in a male-dominated industry and, indeed, world during the 19th century.

The film is framed by the letters written from Anandi (Bhagyashree Milind) to both her American patron Mrs Carpenter and her husband Gopalrao Joshi (Lalit Prabhakar), a well-educated widow twenty years her senior. When negotiating marriage to Gopalrao, his sole condition was that his wife be able to continue to pursue her studies during their marriage yet, despite his liberal outlook on women's education, he is prone to anger and violence, and this confusing relationship hangs over the biographical tale. Together, Gopalrao and Anandi struggle through being marginalised by society for their radical ways and losing a child, two experiences which cement Anandi's decision to pursue medicine and healthcare as her vocation in life.

Directed by Sameer Vidwans and written by Karan Shrikant Sharma, 'Anandi Gopal' is the story of a woman fighting for her basic right to an education, and all that she achieves beyond that.