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In the Name of God (1992)

In the Name of God (1992)

Documentary

A Film for Communal Harmony

Release Date: 1992, September 18
Directors: Anand Patwardhan
Countries: India

Overview:

The film explores the campaign waged by the Hindu right-wing organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad to build a Ram temple at the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, as well as the communal violence that it triggered. A couple of months after Ram ke Naam was released, VHP activists demolished the Babri Masjid in 1992, provoking further violence.

Keywords:

nationalism secularism communal riots ayodhya hindutva