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==Films==
==Films==
[[File:AnandPatwardhan at Kollam.jpeg|thumb|300px|Patwardhan during a screening of [[Ram ke Naam]] at Kollam]]
[[File:AnandPatwardhan at Kollam.jpeg|thumb|300px|Patwardhan during a screening of [[Ram ke Naam]] at Kollam]]
Virtually all of Patwardhan's documentary films have faced censorship from the Indian government, eventually being cleared after legal action. His film ''[[Bombay: Our City]]'' was shown on TV after a four-year court case,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=In070205Short_is.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912213520/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=In070205Short_is.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=Tehelka - The People's Paper |work=tehelka.com }}</ref> while ''[[Father, Son, and Holy War]]'' (1995) was adjudged in 2004 as one of 50 most memorable international documentaries of all time by DOX, Europe's leading documentary film magazine. Father, Son, and Holy War was shown on India's National Network, [[Doordarshan]], only in the year 2006, 11 years after its making, after a prolonged court battle which lasted ten years and ended with the nation's Supreme Court ordering the network to telecast the film without any cuts.<ref>http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2318/stories/20060922003609900.htm Father, Son and Holy War] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218223241/http://hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2318/stories/20060922003609900.htm |date=18 February 2009 }} [[Frontline (magazine)|The Frontline]], [[The Hindu]], September 2006.</ref>
Virtually all of Patwardhan's documentary films have faced censorship from the Indian government, eventually being cleared after legal action. His film ''[[Bombay: Our City]]'' was shown on TV after a four-year court case,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=In070205Short_is.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912213520/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=In070205Short_is.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=Tehelka - The People's Paper |work=tehelka.com }}</ref> while ''[[Father, Son, and Holy War]]'' (1995) was adjudged in 2004 as one of 50 most memorable international documentaries of all time by DOX, Europe's leading documentary film magazine. Father, Son, and Holy War was shown on India's National Network, [[Doordarshan]], only in the year 2006, 11 years after its making, after a prolonged court battle which lasted ten years and ended with the nation's Supreme Court ordering the network to telecast the film without any cuts.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218223241/http://hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2318/stories/20060922003609900.htm Article Title] Father, Son and Holy War]  [[Frontline (magazine)|The Frontline]], [[The Hindu]], September 2006.</ref>


The [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (CBFC), refused to certify his next film, ''[[War and Peace (2002 film)|War and Peace]]'', released in 2002. The board demanded 21 cuts before it would be certified.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E4D6143CF937A15751C1A9649C8B63 Filmmaker's Battle to Tell India's Story in India] [[The New York Times]] 24 December 2002.</ref> Patwardhan took the government to court, leading to the film being banned for over a year.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.patwardhan.com/Censorship/Index_Censorship.htm |title=Censorship and Litigation}}</ref> However, after a court battle, Patwardhan won the right to screen his film without a single cut.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3142039.stm Alone against India's nuclear nationalism] [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News]] 12 August 2003.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/anand-patwardhan.shtml Director Interview] [[BBC Four]], 4 August 2003.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/war-and-peace.shtml Film Review] [[BBC Four]], 2002.</ref>  As with his previous films, Patwardhan also successfully fought to force a reluctant national broadcaster, [[Doordarshan]], to show this film on their national network. It was commercially released in multiplexes in 2005.<ref name=tehel>[https://archive.today/20120912213520/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=In070205Short_is.asp War and Peace hits the box office for the first time in India] [[Tehelka]], 25 June 2005.</ref>
The [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (CBFC), refused to certify his next film, ''[[War and Peace (2002 film)|War and Peace]]'', released in 2002. The board demanded 21 cuts before it would be certified.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E4D6143CF937A15751C1A9649C8B63 Filmmaker's Battle to Tell India's Story in India] [[The New York Times]] 24 December 2002.</ref> Patwardhan took the government to court, leading to the film being banned for over a year.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.patwardhan.com/Censorship/Index_Censorship.htm |title=Censorship and Litigation}}</ref> However, after a court battle, Patwardhan won the right to screen his film without a single cut.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3142039.stm Alone against India's nuclear nationalism] [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News]] 12 August 2003.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/anand-patwardhan.shtml Director Interview] [[BBC Four]], 4 August 2003.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/war-and-peace.shtml Film Review] [[BBC Four]], 2002.</ref>  As with his previous films, Patwardhan also successfully fought to force a reluctant national broadcaster, [[Doordarshan]], to show this film on their national network. It was commercially released in multiplexes in 2005.<ref name=tehel>[https://archive.today/20120912213520/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=In070205Short_is.asp War and Peace hits the box office for the first time in India] [[Tehelka]], 25 June 2005.</ref>
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** Best Film at [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] in 2002
** Best Film at [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] in 2002
** FIPRESCI International Critics' Award at [[Sydney Film Festival]] in 2002
** FIPRESCI International Critics' Award at [[Sydney Film Festival]] in 2002
** Best Documentary in [[Karachi International Film Festival]] in 2003<ref>[http://www.karafilmfest.com/pastkaras_2003/pastkaras_2003_awardcitations.shtml 3rd KaraFilm Festival] [[Karachi International Film Festival]], website.</ref>
** Best Documentary in [[Karachi International Film Festival]] in 2003<ref>[http://www.karafilmfest.com/pastkaras_2003/pastkaras_2003_awardcitations.shtml 3rd KaraFilm Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828141135/http://www.karafilmfest.com/pastkaras_2003/pastkaras_2003_awardcitations.shtml |date=28 August 2008 }} [[Karachi International Film Festival]], website.</ref>
** [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]], India, 2004,<ref>[http://www.dff.nic.in/51nationalfilmawards.htm 51st National Film Awards - 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501221848/http://www.dff.nic.in/51nationalfilmawards.htm |date=1 May 2008 }} Official listings [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] Official website.</ref> etc.
** [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]], India, 2004,<ref>[http://www.dff.nic.in/51nationalfilmawards.htm 51st National Film Awards - 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501221848/http://www.dff.nic.in/51nationalfilmawards.htm |date=1 May 2008 }} Official listings [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] Official website.</ref> etc.
* 2006: ''Images You Didn't See'' : Music video that interprets images gleaned from the net-images that either never appear in the mainstream media, or images whose import are masked behind a velvet curtain of global infotainment.
* 2006: ''Images You Didn't See'' : Music video that interprets images gleaned from the net-images that either never appear in the mainstream media, or images whose import are masked behind a velvet curtain of global infotainment.
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** Firebird Award for Best documentary, Hong Kong Film Festival, 2012<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000331/2012 |title=Golden Firebird Award, Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2012 |publisher= IMDb |access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>
** Firebird Award for Best documentary, Hong Kong Film Festival, 2012<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000331/2012 |title=Golden Firebird Award, Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2012 |publisher= IMDb |access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>
** [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Non-Feature Film)|Special Jury Prize]], [[National Film Awards]], India, 2012<ref name="59thaward">{{cite press release|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date= 1 January 2014}}</ref>
** [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Non-Feature Film)|Special Jury Prize]], [[National Film Awards]], India, 2012<ref name="59thaward">{{cite press release|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date= 1 January 2014}}</ref>
** Bartok Prize, Jean Rouch Film International Film Festival, 2012<ref>{{citation|url=http://comitedufilmethnographique.com/palmares-award-winning-films/ |title=Palmarès / Award-winning films 2012 |publisher= Jean Rouch Film International Film Festival |access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>
** Bartok Prize, Jean Rouch Film International Film Festival, 2012<ref>{{citation|url=http://comitedufilmethnographique.com/palmares-award-winning-films/ |title=Palmarès / Award-winning films 2012 |date=19 November 2012 |publisher= Jean Rouch Film International Film Festival |access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>
* 2018: ''Reason'' / ''Vivek'': the war between faith and rationality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patwardhan.com/|title=Films of Anand Patwardhan|language=en-US|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> An eight-part documentary.
* 2018: ''Reason'' / ''Vivek'': the war between faith and rationality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patwardhan.com/|title=Films of Anand Patwardhan|language=en-US|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> An eight-part documentary.
** IDFA Award for best feature-length documentary, 2018<ref>Damon Wise, [https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/idfa-awards-2018-the-jury-sees-reason-1203034904/ "IDFA Awards 2018: The Jury Sees 'Reason'"], ''Variety'', 21 November 2018.</ref>
** IDFA Award for best feature-length documentary, 2018<ref>Damon Wise, [https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/idfa-awards-2018-the-jury-sees-reason-1203034904/ "IDFA Awards 2018: The Jury Sees 'Reason'"], ''Variety'', 21 November 2018.</ref>
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* [https://archive.today/20120913050702/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main34.asp?filename=Ws1361007All_the.asp All the dire predictions of communal carnage made in my film came true]
* [https://archive.today/20120913050702/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main34.asp?filename=Ws1361007All_the.asp All the dire predictions of communal carnage made in my film came true]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100208230215/http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/play/anand-patwardhan-258893 Interview: Firebrand filmmaker Anand Patwardhan CNNGO Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100208230215/http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/play/anand-patwardhan-258893 Interview: Firebrand filmmaker Anand Patwardhan CNNGO Website]
* [http://www.patwardhan.com/interviews/Indian%20Express%2007.htm A voice above the din, Indian Express]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725183833/http://www.cndpindia.org/e107_plugins/pdf/pdf.php?plugin%3Acontent.31 Firebrand filmmaker Anand Patwardhan - Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725183833/http://www.cndpindia.org/e107_plugins/pdf/pdf.php?plugin%3Acontent.31 Firebrand filmmaker Anand Patwardhan - Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Website]
* [http://www.patwardhan.com/interviews/indymedia.htm It Doesn't Have To Be High Art For It To Be Useful - Indymedia]
* [http://www.patwardhan.com/interviews/pix0297.htm Interview with Anand Patwardhan]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107205402/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/05/16/stories/2004051600410500.htm Filmmaker as activist - The Hindu]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107205402/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/05/16/stories/2004051600410500.htm Filmmaker as activist - The Hindu]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430141705/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/112201/film5.html Battling the bomb - Montreal Mirror]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430141705/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/112201/film5.html Battling the bomb - Montreal Mirror]
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===Writings===
===Writings===
* [http://www.countercurrents.org/patwardhan120108.htm Monkey Business: Cross Currents Website]
* [http://www.countercurrents.org/patwardhan120108.htm Monkey Business: Cross Currents Website]
* [http://www.patwardhan.com/writings/gandhi%20film%20as%20theology.htm Gandhi: Film as Theology - Reprinted from Economic and Political Weekly Vol.XVIII (1983)]
* [http://www.patwardhan.com/Terror%20Aftermath.html Terror: The Aftermath]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812022422/http://publications.aidindia.org/content/view/528/56/ The Good Doctor of Chhattisgarh - Association for India's Development Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812022422/http://publications.aidindia.org/content/view/528/56/ The Good Doctor of Chhattisgarh - Association for India's Development Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110119024033/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20040227002709400.htm&date=fl2104%2F&prd=fline& Films for freedom]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110119024033/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20040227002709400.htm&date=fl2104%2F&prd=fline& Films for freedom]
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* [http://indiatogether.org/peace/opinions/censorpeace.htm Censoring peace amid nuclear 'deterrence' - Tehelka]
* [http://indiatogether.org/peace/opinions/censorpeace.htm Censoring peace amid nuclear 'deterrence' - Tehelka]
* [https://archive.today/20120912213520/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=In070205Short_is.asp Short is Sweet - Tehelka]
* [https://archive.today/20120912213520/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=In070205Short_is.asp Short is Sweet - Tehelka]
* [http://www.patwardhan.com/reviews/wp_timeout.htm On War and Peace - Time Out, Mumbai]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090215040823/http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo0104/01040320.htm Netting the conscience - The Hindu]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090215040823/http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo0104/01040320.htm Netting the conscience - The Hindu]
* [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B00EFDB103BF935A15755C0A9659C8B63&pagewanted=print Weapons of Mass Pride: India's Nuclear Embrace, New York Times]
* [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B00EFDB103BF935A15755C0A9659C8B63&pagewanted=print Weapons of Mass Pride: India's Nuclear Embrace, New York Times]
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