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Bombay HC dismisses Anand Patwardhan, Pankaj Kumar's petition after MIFF fails to screen their documentaries
Fp Staff • 5 years agoA division bench directed the Union government to share details behind the processes followed by the selection committee of MIFF
Kolkata’s Presidency University students asked to stop screening of 'Ram ke Naam' documentary based on Babri Masjid demolition
• 6 years agoA university official, however, said, 'We will have to confirm if the students had the necessary permission to organise the screening'
Lok Sabha Election 2019: Anand Patwardhan, Vetrimaaran among artists to issue appeal against voting for BJP
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIndian filmmakers have come together to issue a statement urging people not to vote for BJP in the Lok Sabha election 2019.
Anand Patwardhan's documentary Ram Ke Naam, based on Babri Masjid demolition, gets 'A' rating on YouTube
Fp Staff • 6 years agoPatwardhan's National Award-winning film, alternatively titled In The Name of God, is based on the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992
Anand Patwardhan’s Reasons earns top honour at International Documentary Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAnand Patwardhan’s Reasons won the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary edging out Bettina Perut and Iván Osnivikoff's Los Reyes.
TIFF 2018: Anand Patwardhan’s Vivek is an exhaustive commentary on a diminishing democracy
Bedatri D Choudhury • 6 years agoVivek, divided into eight chapters, is an exhaustive commentary on the way an orthodox, militant and right-wing Hinduism has taken over every bastion of democratic thought in India.
Anand Patwardhan's new documentary Reason, about India's saffron invasion, premieres at TIFF 2018
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAnand Patwardhan's Reason explores how India slid away from secular democracy and towards divisions of power, caste, and religious belief.
Oscar Academy invited Bollywood actors, filmmakers only to fulfill a quota and increase diversity
Karishmaupadhyay • 8 years agoOn the surface, it might seem like Bollywood’s having a banner year but the bottom-line is that the Oscar Academy needs more people of colour. Bollywood is just filling up a quota.
Songs of freedom: Jailed for 4 years, Kabir Kala Manch members are now ready with new music
Prachee Kulkarni • 8 years agoSagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor, members of the Kabir Kala Manch, who were arrested by the ATS for their alleged connection with Naxals, were granted bail by the Supreme Court after four years in jail. They are now ready to get back to the streets with their new songs.
Protest against protest: Anupam Kher invites people to march questioning 'intolerance' claims
Fp Archives • 9 years agoVeteran actor and BJP supporter Anupam Kher has invited all Indians to march with him to Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday to protest the voices being raised over "intolerance" in the country.