In India, the early documentary scene was dominated by government propaganda made by the Films Division of India, which produced newsreels and documentaries that were compulsorily shown before every commercial film. People either arrived deliberately late or walked out for a smoke during these films, and the tag of "boring" became inescapably attached to the documentary. It has taken several decades of sustained independent work to break this tag.

Anand Patwardhan, the Michael Moore of India -Interview UC Berkeley News (October 13, 2004)

Anand Patwardhan, the 'Michael Moore of India,' brings his hard-hitting documentary films to campus[berkeley.edu]