Pitṛ, putra aur dharmayuddh Hīro phārmesī = Father, son and holy war Hero pharmacy production, direction, editing, Anand Patwardhan
पितृ, पुत्र और धर्मयुद्ध हीरो फार्मेसी = Father, son and holy war Hero pharmacy production, direction, editing, Anand Patwardhan

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Patwardhan, Anand, filmmaker.

Language:

English

Hindi

Subjects (All):

India.

Men--Psychology.

Masculinity--Religious aspects.

Women--Crimes against.

Violence--Psychological aspects.

Muslims--Social conditions.

Minorities--Social conditions.

Genre:

Documentary films

Feature films

Nonfiction films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 53 sec.)) sound, color

Other Title:

Hīro phārmesī

Father, son and holy war Hero pharmacy

हीरो फार्मेसी

Place of Publication:

[India] [Anand Patwardhan] [1994]

Language Note:

English and Hindi with English subtitles

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

"In a politically polarized world, universal ideals are rare. In India, as elsewhere, the vacuum is filled by religious zeal. Minorities are made scapegoats of every calamity as nations subdivide into religious and ethnic zones, each seemingly eager to annihilate the other or extinguish itself on the altar of martyrdom. FATHER, SON AND HOLY WAR explores in two parts the possibility that the psychology of violence against “the other” may lie in male insecurity, itself an inevitable product of the very construction of “manhood.” Part 2: HERO PHARMACY examines “manhood” in the context of religious strife. The Hindu majority has been raised on stories of marauding Muslim invaders who raped their women, destroyed their temples, and forced religious conversions. Today, some Hindus demand revenge for crimes committed centuries ago. They reject non-violence as impotence and set out to be “real men.” Meanwhile the Muslim minority – despite fears of genocide, will not take things lying down. They too are driven by the imperative to be “real men.” The result is carnage. Is violence inherent in the human condition? The film invokes pre-patriarchy, not to determine the past, but to imagine the future"-- From Docuseek

Credits:

Camera, Anand Patwardhan

Notes:

Online resource; title from title frame (Docuseek, viewed August 11, 2025)

OCLC:

1531375787

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license