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Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero

2014 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ18216793 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero is an Indian Marathi language film starring Nana Patekar, Sonali Kulkarni and Mohan Agashe in lead roles. It is a biopic on the lives of Dr. Prakash Amte, the son of social worker Baba Amte, and his wife Mandakini Amte. The film portrays Dr. Prakash Amte, a doctor and social worker who worked for uplifting the tribal people in the forests of eastern Maharashtra state.

Release

The film was released in Maharashtra with overall positive reviews on 10 October 2014.

Plot

This movie showcases the life of Dr. Prakash Amte, a man who dedicates himself to helping those in society who suffer from disadvantages. He became an inspiration to others by teaching the attitude of self-actualization.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero” as 2014 film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Prakash, Baba and Amte.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2014. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Prakash, Baba and Amte providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero”, the useful work is to connect “2014 film” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18216793. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.