# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anand-patwardhan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:08.670Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anand-patwardhan"
name: "Anand Patwardhan"
slug: "anand-patwardhan"
description: "Anand Patwardhan is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights-oriented films. Some of his films explore the rise of religious fundamentalism, sectarianism and casteism in India, while others investigate nuclear nationalism and unsustainable development. Notable films include Bombay: Our City (1985), In Memory of Friends (1990), In the Name of God (1992), Father, Son, and Holy War, A Narmada Diary, War and Peace (2002), Jai Bhim Comrade (2011), Reason (2018) and The World is Family (2023), which have won national and international awards."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AnandPatwardhan.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-02-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.938375350140056
  historical:           6.50242
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0666674"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://patwardhan.com/"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "アナンド・パトワルダン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anand Patwardhan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump