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Vivek Agnihotri

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Vivek Agnihotri
Agnihotri in 2019
Vivek Agnihotri
NationalityIndian
EducationIndian Institute of Mass Communication
Occupations
  • Movie director
  • screenwriter
  • author
Spouse
Pallavi Joshi
(m. 1997)
Children2

Vivek Agnihotri is an Indian movie director, movie producer, screenwriter and author. He works in Hindi cinema.[1] He made his debut in Bollywood with the crime thriller film Chocolate in 2005 and has directed many films such as Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007), Hate Story (2012), Zid (2014), Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2016) and The Kashmir Files (2022).

He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay - Dialogues for The Tashkent Files (2019).[2] He also won the Best Writer and Director at Jakarta International Film Festival for his movie, Buddha in a Traffic Jam.[3] In 2018, Vivek Agnihotri authored a book titled Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam.[4][5][6]

He is a member of the board of Central Board of Film Certification, India[7] and a cultural representative of Indian Cinema at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.[8]

Filmography

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Year Title Producer Director Screen writer
2005 Chocolate Green tickY Green tickY
2007 Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal Green tickY
2012 Hate Story Green tickY
2014 Zid Green tickY Green tickY
2016 Buddha in a Traffic Jam Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Junooniyat Green tickY Green tickY
2019 The Tashkent Files Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
2022 The Kashmir Files Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY

References

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  1. Pradhan, Bharathi S. (27 March 2022). "Why Vivek Won". Telegraph India.
  2. "Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on National Film Award for best dialogue writer: At least now nobody will question my capabilities". Hindustan Times. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  3. Service, Tribune News. "'Buddha' back from 'traffic jam". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  4. IANS (15 June 2018). "Not easy to attract eyeballs from government: Vivek Agnihotri". Business Standard India. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. "Vivek Agnihotri's Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam | Going beyond the Maoist myth". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  6. "Urban Naxals - The Making of Buddha In A Traffic Jam". Indic Today. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  7. "List of Board Members". www.cbfcindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  8. "Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri gets appointed as new cultural representative at Indian Council for Cultural Relations". DNA India. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2021-06-08.

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