Vivek Agnihotri | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Education | Indian Institute of Mass Communication |
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Spouse |
Pallavi Joshi (m. 1997) |
Children | 2 |
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]
Year | Title | Producer | Director | Screen writer |
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2005 | Chocolate | |||
2007 | Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal | |||
2012 | Hate Story | |||
2014 | Zid | |||
2016 | Buddha in a Traffic Jam | |||
Junooniyat | ||||
2019 | The Tashkent Files | |||
2022 | The Kashmir Files |