India, April 25 -- The early X reviews for the Pratik Gandhi and Patralekha-led Phule are trickling in and it appears so, that even some pressing censorship woes couldn't stop the film from making the impact it set out to make. Based on the lives of 19th century anti-caste activist Jyotirao Phule and his women's education activist wife, Savitribai Phule, the film traverses the innumerable battles they fought to have their vision see some light of day.

Earlier this week, director Anant Mahadevan was asked to do away with mentions of the Mang and Mahar groups with the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry body also asking for a removal of any reference to Manu, who pioneered the Manusmriti, in addition to mentions of the Peshwa rule ...