Encountering Hate (46 min; 2025)
In Hindi and English, with English subtitles

A film by Lalit Vachani

SYNOPSIS:

Revolving around three case studies of hate crime in North India, the film follows human rights lawyer Akram Akhtar Choudhary as he provides legal help to his clients - victims of mob lynchings, vigilante violence and police encounter killings.

The film is a frightening reminder of the precarity of Muslim lives in Hindu nationalist India.

CREDITS:

Camera: Amit Mahanti
Location Sound: Lohit Bhalla
Editing: Lalit Vachani, Rikhav Desai
Audio post-production: Girjashanker Vohra, Depot Records
Produced by Srirupa Roy (CeMIS) and Lalit Vachani (Wide Eye Film)
Directed by Lalit Vachani
A Wide Eye Film, 2025

This is the third film in the work-in-progress documentary series, Hindutva Stories.

 

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