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My entry into the world of the documentary began as a means of political, social intervention and thirty odd years later this is still a primary motive. If I am not satisfied with the results, it is not because of a failure of the medium, but because of the limits that our system puts on the distribution of such films. All my films are badly under-utilized and hence did not have the impact on the real world that they could have had.

— Anand Patwardhan

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My entry into the world of the documentary began as a means of political, social intervention and thirty odd years later this is still a primary motive. If I am not satisfied with the results, it is not because of a failure of the medium, but because of the limits that our system puts on the distribution of such films. All my films are badly under-utilized and hence did not have the impact on the real world that they could have had." in the context of "Tehelka Interview - November 2009" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Anand Patwardhan

About Anand Patwardhan

Anand Patwardhan (born 18 February 1950) is an Indian documentary filmmaker.