Ravish Kumar

Since its inception, NDTV's strength has been questioning the establishment on every side of the ideological divide

Filmmaker Vinay Shukla's documentary "While We Watched", featuring news anchor Ravish Kumar, has bagged an award at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film, titled "Namaskar! Main Ravish Kumar" in Hindi, won the Amplify Voices Award at the recently concluded film gala, the press release from the makers stated. Other winners of the Amplify Voices Award included Nisha Pahuja's "To Kill a Tiger" for best Canadian feature and Martika Ramirez Escobar's "Leonore Will Never Die". "While We Watched" is described as a turbulent newsroom drama that intimately chronicles the working days of broadcast journalist Kumar as he navigates a spiralling world of truth and disinformation. "Through the lens of its protagonist - a man clinging onto integrity even as everything falls apart - While We Watched' urges the viewer to consider their own responsibility and culpability as news and media come under greater scrutiny than ever before, Vinay's upcoming film delivers the promise

NDTV was India's first private producer of news and current affairs shows. Founded by Radhika Roy and Prannoy Roy, it was incorporated on September 8, 1988, as New Delhi Television Private Limited

A weakened media at war with itself is an ideal situation for the establishment to step in

'This is an age where we are not information seekers, we are narrative seekers', said Kumar

Kumar, 44, who is NDTV India's senior executive editor is one of India's most influential TV journalists, the award citation said

Like food, love - for a city or for the city dweller - can be addictive

Much of what Mr Kumar points out is, sadly, the bitter reality of today's India

From a mail sorter who joined NDTV in 1996 to a prime-time news anchor with a distinctive approach, Kumar's journey is as extraordinary as his persona