Anand Patwardhan

Noted documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan of Ram Ke Naam fame has been chosen for 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award by Canadian organisation Hot Docs.

Says filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, whose documentary Reason/Vivek was screened for the first time at the 12th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK)

The State Chalachithra Academy will move the high court against the denial of censor exemption from the ministry of information and broadcasting to Anand Patwardhan's documentary 'Vivek' (Reason), which was scheduled to be screened at its ongoing International Documentary and Short Film Festival.

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan believes civil society groups in Gujarat must unite to defend the right to free expression, especially of oppressed sections.

A three-day Filmograph Festival is to be held at Rangmandal, Ahmedabad from December 5 to 7

The upcoming Cinema du Réel documentary film festival in Paris will devote a special section to Mumbai-based filmmaker Anand Patwardhan.

Mumbai's own crime graph is littered with attacks and threats against public spirited citizens who spend time, effort and money in defence of public open spaces or fighting illegal hawkers, SRA scams and sand mining mafia.

It's time for showing much celebrated documentary films by Anand Patwardhan in Ahmedabad and there is an opportunity to interact with the filmmaker too

Renowned filmmaker Anand Patwardhan premiered his latest film 'The World is Family' at the Toronto International Film Festival. The documentary explores Patwardhan's family's connections to India's freedom struggle and their relationships with leaders like Mahatma Gandhi. The film also reflects on the loss of idealism and communal harmony that the freedom movement represented. Patwardhan expressed his concerns about the current state of India, stating that it is not what the freedom fighters envisioned. However, he believes that change is possible with collective effort.

The SC directed Prasar Bharti to show within eight weeks on DD Anand Patwardhan's documentary film Father, Son and Holy War.

MUMBAI: Documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan's War and Peace (Jang aur Aman) won the Best Festival Film Award, as well as the International Jury Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival. The film traces the anti-nuclear movement, following the Pokhran tests.

The event was held at on-going 11th IDSFFK at Thiruvananthapuram

Documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan talks about the futility of dictating to the viewer what he can & cannot see.

Says filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala

Dibakar Banerjee and other filmmakers extended support to the protesting FTII students. They said "intolerance has been on the rise in several forms".

Dibakar Banerjee, Anand Patwardhan and eight other filmmakers have announced that they are returning their awards, condemning the murders of rationalists like MM Kalburgi and recent killings related to rumours of beef-eating and cow slaughter.

Documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan won Best Long Documentary and Best Editing at the 16th IDSFFK for 'The World is Family.' He donated the cash prizes to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund due to the recent Wayanad landslides. The disaster led to significant loss of life and property.

The Bombay High Court, on Monday, dismissed as withdrawn the petition filed by filmmakers Anand Patwardhan and Pankaj Rishi Kumar against the Mumbai International Film Festival .

The high court directed Doordarshan to pay Rs 10 lakh as damages for violating the copyrights of documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan's 1975 film called Waves of Revolution.

Renowned filmmaker Anand Patwardhan has said his National Award-winning documentary 'Ram Ke Naam', based on the Babri Masjid demolition, has been age-restricted on YouTube.

The Sambhaji Brigade, a militant group of Marathas, targeted home minister R R Patil on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on American author James Laine's book on Shivaji.

RPI leader Prakash Ambedkar, social activists Anand Patwardhan, Feroz Mithiborewala, Kapil Patil and around 1500 others have been booked for rioting in an Azad Maida police station case. Those mentiond in the FIR were part of a rally to protest the death of dalit student Rohit Vemula in Hyderabad.

A press conference has been organised on October 28, 2015, to make an important announcement in response to the FTII crisis by members of the film fraternity.

The Films Division (FD) in Mumbai has, for the first time, cancelled the screening of films made by FTII students.

The Bombay high Court on Thursday released an alleged Naxal sympathizer Sheetal Sathe on bail citing humanitarian grounds.

Hundreds of displaced residents of the erstwhile EWS Quarters in Ejipura, Bangalore, gathered to commemorate Ambedkar Jayanthi on Sunday and express their solidarity with Dalit and marginalized communities across the country through discussions, a photo-exhibition and film screenings.

Letters of support have been pouring in from all over the world, including countries like France, Canada, UK, Thailand, Portugal and Germany, for the jailed couple who allegedly have Naxal links.