Virtually all of Patwardhan's documentary films have faced censorship from the Indian government, eventually being cleared after legal action. His film "" was shown on TV after a four-year court case, while "Father, Son, and Holy War" (1995) was adjudged in 2004 as one of 50 most memorable international documentaries of all time by DOX, Europe's leading documentary film magazine. Father, Son, and Holy War was shown on India's National Network, Doordarshan, only in the year 2006, 11 years after its making, after a prolonged court battle which lasted ten years and ended with the nation's Supreme Court ordering the network to telecast the film without any cuts.