The film is meticulously adapted from the real life of Dashrath Manjhi (1934–2007), an untouchable laborer from the Musahar settlement in Gehlaur village near Gaya, Bihar.

Dashrath Manjhi was a poor laborer from Gehlaur village near Gaya, Bihar. His life changed forever in 1959 when his pregnant wife, Phaguniya Devi, fell while attempting to cross the treacherous mountain that isolated their village from essential services. Due to the mountain blocking the direct path to the nearest hospital, she died before receiving medical attention.

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: Gehlaur was entirely isolated from basic civic infrastructure by a treacherous ridge of quartzite hills. In 1959, Manjhi’s pregnant wife, Phaguniya, slipped from the mountain while bringing him food. Due to the mountain blocking direct access, the nearest hospital was over 55 kilometers away, and she tragically passed away from a lack of timely medical care.

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He played it. On screen, old Manjhi smiled at the camera. Then he looked past the lens—directly at Rajan. “You came,” the ghost of the recording said. “Good. The mountain has one last lesson.”

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Ketan Mehta’s direction captures the rural ambiance of Bihar in the 1960s-70s authentically.