Anand Patwardhan

Who is Anand Patwardhan?

Anand Patwardhan is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his activism through social action documentaries on topics such as corruption, slum dwellers, nuclear arms race, citizen activism and communalism. Notable films include Bombay: Our City, In the Name of God, Father, Son and Holy War, War and Peace and Jai Bhim Comrade, which have won national and International awards. Anand Patwardhan is one of the most vocal critics of Hindutva ideology and the caste system that it promotes leading to the dehumanization and genocide of those outside the caste system, i.e., the Dalits, Muslims and Christians.