Anand Patwardhan’s documentary Vivek (Reason) can be screened at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, the state's High Court said on Tuesday.
The central government had denied permission for veteran filmmaker Anand’s latest documentary to be screened at the festival in Thiruvananthapuram. The organisers – Kerala Chalachitra Academy – took the battle to the court to get permission. “The court said that the film can only be screened to the delegates and guests of this festival,” says Shaji H, Deputy Director of the Chalachitra Academy, who went to the court on Tuesday. Anand too had joined him.