Anand Patwardhan’s documentary Reason exposes the culture of fear
The Hindu
Anand Patwardhan’s 2018 documentary film Reason is showing with English subtitles for the first time in India
Anand Patwardhan’s Reason is like The Scream — it hollows you out. Edward Munch’s late 19th century work was the outcome of a moment of mind-numbing angst; Patwardhan’s was the outcome of the killings of social worker Dr. N.A. Dabholkar and Left-leaning politician Govind Pansare, both rationalists. Screened for the first time in India with English subtitles, the version with Hindi subtitles is already on YouTube. The film won the best feature-length documentary at IDFA, Amsterdam in 2018 and the audience award in IFFLA, Los Angeles in 2019. The 2018 documentary film is 218 minutes long, and is best watched with pauses — either after each of the chapters, to read about the incidents, or between the first and second segment (after the 95th minute).More Related News