International Film Festival honoured Patwardhan with an Inspiration Award. In 2014 the Mumbai International Film Festival honoured him with the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award. Upon being asked in a BFI interview to deliver a message for future documentary filmmakers, Patwardhan famously replied, "No message really. Do it only if it burns when you don't." Filmography 1971: "Waves of Revolution" (Kraanti Ki Tarangein): This film was on government repression in Bihar Movement. 1978: "Prisoners of Conscience" (Zameer ke Bandi): a film on political prisoners in The Emergency (India) The Tyne Award, Tyneside Festival, UK, 1982. 1981: "A Time to Rise" (Uthan da Vela)]: Concerns Indian immigrant farm workers' efforts to unionise in Canada. Grand Prize: Tyneside International Film Festival, UK in 1982 Silver Dove: Leipzig International Film Festival in 1982. 1985: "Bombay: Our City" (Hamara Shahar): Everyday survival issues of slum dwellers in Bombay. National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film 1986 Special Jury Award, Cinema du reel, France, 1986 Filmfare Award for Best Documentary, 1986 1990: 'In Memory of Friends' (Una Mitran Di Yaad Pyaari): On rebuilding communal harmony in Punjab. National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, 1990 Silver Conch, Mumbai International Film Festival in 1990 Anand Patwardhan Films. Special Jury Award, Mannheim International Film festival, 1990 1992: "In the Name of God" (Ram ke Nam): On the rise of Hindu Nationalism and the demolition of the Babri Mosque. National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, 1992 Filmfare Award for Best Documentary, 1996 Best Documentary Film at Fribourg International Film Festival, 1993 Citizen's Prize, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 1993. 1993: We are not your Monkeys: A Dalit critique of the epic Ramayana through a music video. 1995: Father, Son, and Holy War National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, 1996 Toronto Film Festival, 1994 Special Jury Prize, Vancouver Film Festival, 1994 Special Jury Award, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 1995 Grand Prize, Jerusalem International Film Festival, 1996. Audience Award, Sheffield International Film Festival, 2010 1996: A Narmada Diary : Introduces the Narmada Bachao Andolan of Gujarat. Grand Prize at the Earth Vision Film Festival in 1996. Filmfare Award for Best Documentary 1996. 1996: Occupation: Mill Worker: Chronicles the actions of mill workers who, after a four-year lock-out, forcibly occupied The New Great Eastern Mill in India. 1998: Fishing: In the Sea of Greed: Response of fishing communities