Dharmatma

This saint film is about Sant Eknath 153399 a major Marathi poet author of the Eknathi Bhagvata and numerous abhangas evoking folk poetry especially the bharuda form of solo performances The film focuses on Eknaths humanitarian defence of the untouchable castes Opposed by the evil Mahant KelkarChandramohan Eknath becomes a social outcast when he arranges to have the lowercaste people fed before the Brahmins during a prayer meeting at his house compounding the offence by going to eat in one of their houses The drama is heightened by Eknaths son Hari Pandit Kale who joins the ranks of the opposition The happy ending occurs when the film transcends the food motif and Eknath defends himself by reading his poems to the Pradayananda Shastri of Kashi