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India: The Modi Question is a 2023 two-part documentary series aired by BBC Two about the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his relationship with the Muslim minority in the country. The first part covers Modi's early political career and his role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, which occurred when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. It discusses documents found by the BBC, including a UK government report stating that the violence in Gujarat showed "all the hallmarks of an ethnic cleansing". The second part examines the activities of Modi's administration following his re-election in 2019. It covers a series of controversial policies, including the revocation of Kashmir's autonomy and a new citizenship law. It also depicts the violent response to protests against the new laws, and the aftermath of the 2020 Delhi riots.
Original Release
01/17/2023
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Swapan Dasgupta | Self - Fmr. BJP MP and BJP's national exec. member |
| Narendra Modi | Self - Indian Prime Minister |
| Arundhati Roy | Self |
| Surabhi Tandon | Self - Lead Interviewer |
| Aakar Patel | Self - Chair, Amnesty International India |
| Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Self - Journalist and author |
| Christophe Jaffrelot | Self - Professor, King's college London and author |
| Safoora Zargar | Self - Student leader, Jamia Milia Islamia University |
| Mohammed Waseem | Self - Delhi riots victim |
| Swadesh Singh | Self - Political Scientist, Delhi Univ. and fmr. VP of BJP's youth wing / Self - Political scientist |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode #1.1 | Tuesday, 17 January 2023 |
| 2 | Episode #1.2 | Tuesday, 24 January 2023 |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Swapan Dasgupta | Self - Fmr. BJP MP and BJP's national exec. member |
| Narendra Modi | Self - Indian Prime Minister |
| Arundhati Roy | Self |
| Surabhi Tandon | Self - Lead Interviewer |
| Aakar Patel | Self - Chair, Amnesty International India |
| Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Self - Journalist and author |
| Christophe Jaffrelot | Self - Professor, King's college London and author |
| Safoora Zargar | Self - Student leader, Jamia Milia Islamia University |
| Mohammed Waseem | Self - Delhi riots victim |
| Swadesh Singh | Self - Political Scientist, Delhi Univ. and fmr. VP of BJP's youth wing / Self - Political scientist |
| Cedric Prakash | Self - Jesuit priest |
| Kapil Sibal | Self - Lawyer and Fmr. Congress MP |
| Imtiyaz Pathan | Self - Gujarat communal riot survivor |
| Amit Shah | Self - Indian Home minister / Self - Indian Home minister and Modi's confidant |
| Chris Ogden | Self - India politics expert, University of St. Andrews / Self - India politics expert, Univ. of St. Andrews |
| Kismatun | Self - Riot victim's mother |
| Jill McGivering | Self - Fmr. BBC reporter |
| Alishan Jafri | Self - Journalist |
| Habeel Iqbal | Self - Human rights lawyer |
| Imran Dawood | Self - Yorkshire resident and Gujarat riot victim |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Mike Radford | Executive Producer |
| Lovejit Dhaliwal | Producer |
| Sadhana Subramaniam | Producer |
| Richard Cookson | Producer |
