In the Name of God

Sep 18, 1992

1h 15m

★ 8.6

A Film for Communal Harmony

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.

Genres

Documentary

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