Vivek Agnihotri Explained

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri
Birth Date:10 November 1973
Birth Place:Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India[1]
Citizenship:Indian
Children:2
Education:Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (born 10 November 1973)[2] is an Indian director, producer, and writer who works in Hindi cinema. He is a member of the board of India's Central Board of Film Certification[3] and a cultural representative of Indian Cinema at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.[4]

Agnihotri made his directorial debut with the crime thriller Chocolate (2005) and has directed multiple films since which failed to propel his career forward until The Tashkent Files (2019) which emerged as a commercial success and earned him the National Film Award for Best Screenplay - Dialogues. He also wrote and directed The Kashmir Files (2022) which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian film of 2022 and earned him the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. He next wrote and directed a medical drama film The Vaccine War (2023) which emerged as a box-office bomb. He is slated to release his documentary, in 2024.

Early life and education

Agnihotri was born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh[5] He studied at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication before enrolling at Harvard Extension School for a Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management.[6] [7] In interviews with media, he has also mentioned Bhopal School of Social Sciences and Jawaharlal Nehru University among his almae matres.[8] [9]

Career

Advertising and television serials

Agnihotri started his career with the advertising agencies Ogilvy and McCann, and served as creative director for campaigns of Gillette and Coca-Cola. In 1994, he became involved with the directing and production of several television serials; his work was positively received.[10] [11] [12] In 2018, Agnihotri claimed that he had received threats for using the name Mohammad in his short film Mohammad and Urvashi.[13] [14]

Filmmaking

Agnihotri debuted in Bollywood with Chocolate (2005), a remake of the 1995 Hollywood neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects. Critical reception of the movie was negative,[15] [16] and the film fared poorly at box office.[17] [18] In 2018, Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta would accuse Agnihotri of inappropriate behaviour during its filming. He allegedly asked her to strip and dance to give expression cues to her male co-star Irrfan Khan during a close-up shot and retreated only after Irrfan and Suniel Shetty rebuffed him. Agnihotri denied the allegations as "false and frivolous", and filed a defamation case against Dutta.[19] [20] Sattyajit Gazmer, the film's assistant director, also disputed Tanushree's allegations.[21] [22] [23]

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal is about an all-Asian football team in the United Kingdom that wins trophies while fighting on-field discrimination and the local municipality that wants to sell the team's ground.[24] [25] It received poor reception from critics[26] and did "average" business at the box office.[27] [28] Hate Story received mixed critical reception[29] and fared moderately at the box office.[30] Buddha in a Traffic Jam featured his wife Pallavi[31] and premiered at Mumbai International Film Festival in 2014;[32] it was received unfavourably by critics[33] and severely under-performed at the box office.[34] [35] Junooniyat was also subject to poor reviews[36] and fared similarly.[37]

Agnihotri's 2014 erotic thriller Zid received poor reviews[38] but did average business at the box office.[39] However, Agnihotri has since claimed that credit for direction and screenplay was wrongly attributed to him, and that he was not involved with the film.[40] The Tashkent Files became a sleeper box-office hit and won National Film Awards.[41] [42] In March 2022, Agnihotri released The Kashmir Files on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus; which become a blockbuster hit and earned him another National Film Award.[43] [44] [45] Shortly after the release of the film, he was provided Y-category security detail across the country by the Ministry of Home Affairs based on inputs from the Intelligence Bureau.[46] Agnihotri's next was medical drama film The Vaccine War (2023) which was about the development of Covaxin during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The film opened to mixed reviews from the critics and emerged as a box-office bomb.[47]

Agnihotri's upcoming film, The Delhi Files, will be the last in the Files trilogy, which is "evidently about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots."[48]

Film certification

In 2017, Agnihotri was selected as convenor by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the preview committee of 48th International Film Festival of India.[49] The same year, he was selected as member on board of India's Central Board of Film Certification.[50] [51]

ICCR

On 15 September 2020, Agnihotri was appointed as cultural representative at Indian Council for Cultural Relations.[52] He would represent Indian Cinema at ICCR.[53]

Urban Naxals

In 2018, Agnihotri wrote Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam,[54] [55] [56] in which he described individuals in academia and media who were allegedly colluding with Naxalites in a bid to overthrow the Indian government and were thus "invisible enemies of India" as "Urban Naxals".[57]

Critics said the term is "vague rhetoric" that is designed to discredit intellectuals who are critical of the establishment and political right and to stifle dissent.[58] [59] Reviews in the Organiser and The New Indian Express had praised the work.[60] The Union Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani endorsed Agnihotri's views of Jadavpur University and Jawaharlal Nehru University for having refused to screen Buddha in a Traffic Jam.[61]

National Kishore Kumar Award

In 2022, Agnihotri has received the National Kishore Kumar Samman.[62]

Personal life

Agnihotri married Indian actress Pallavi Joshi in 1997 and has two children.[63] He has described himself as a supporter of Narendra Modi, but not of the Bharatiya Janata Party that Modi belongs to.[64] Agnihotri supports cannabis legalization.[65]

In 2022, Agnihotri announced that he was starting knee surgery after suffering a cartilage tear the previous year, which resulted in him suffering a stress fracture. He had ignored the cartilage tear for one and half years while producing The Kashmir Files.[66]

In 2022, Agnihotri delivered a speech in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The theme of the event was "India, world peace and humanism".[67]

Controversies

Fact checkers have noted Agnihotri to have shared misleading content from his Twitter account.[68] [69] In September 2018, Agnihotri tweeted a listicle claiming that a survey from the BBC found that the Indian National Congress was the second most corrupt party in the world. The survey was fake and an online editor writing for the BBC said that they have never conducted such surveys.[70] In November 2018, Agnihotri tweeted a misleading video that appeared to show that Indian political activist Kanhaiya Kumar had converted to Islam. According to Boom Fact Check, the video was "a compilation of three separate clips which have taken Kanhaiya's statements out of context from the entire speech."[71] In March 2019, Agnihotri falsely claimed that former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was responsible for the outcome of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Nehru had previously died in May 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri was Prime Minister during the war.[72] In January 2020, Agnihotri tweeted a doctored image of an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protester that he claimed was real. In February 2020, Agnihotri falsely claimed that cannabis kills COVID-19.

In September 2018, Twitter locked his account until he agreed to delete a tweet denigrating Swara Bhaskar. In response to Swara calling out politician P. C. George, who called an alleged rape victim a prostitute, Vivek tweeted "Where is the placard - '#MeTooProstituteNun'?". The tweet was interpreted as calling Swara a prostitute. Agnihotri defended his tweet and said he was making a point about the placarding by liberals at selective instances of alleged perpetrators belonging to the Hindu community.[73]

Vivek Agnihotri and his team, including Pallavi Joshi and Abhishek Agarwal, had issued a legal notice to Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal. The notice had demanded the retraction of her comments that had labeled their film 'The Kashmir Files' as false propaganda aimed at humiliating a particular group. Alleging defamation and malicious intent, the notice had required an unconditional apology. The team had asserted that Banerjee's remarks were baseless and intended to tarnish their film and reputation.[74]

Filmography

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YearTitleProducerDirectorScreenwriterNotes
2005Chocolate
2007Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal
2012Hate Story
2014Zid
2016Buddha in a Traffic Jam
Junooniyat
2019The Tashkent Files
2022The Kashmir Files Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Film
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Director
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay
2023 Documentary
The Vaccine War[75]
2024[76]

Bibliography

Accolades

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Official Twitter Handle of Vivek Agnihotri . 2022-03-16 . Twitter . en . 21 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191121162113/https://twitter.com/vivekagnihotri . live .
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  5. Web site: Vivek Agnihotri की The Kashmir Files का ये है MP कनेक्शन, इन शहरों से है गहरा नाता . 2022-09-23 . Zee News . hi . 23 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220923101816/https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh/mp/the-kashmir-files-vivek-agnihotri-borned-in-gwalior-know-his-connection-with-bhopal-madhya-pradesh-sdmp/1125711 . live .
  6. Web site: "Terrorism interests and fascinates me":Vivek Agnihotri. 2002-01-02. Indian Television Dot Com. en. 2019-10-29. 31 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031113358/https://www.indiantelevision.com/interviews/director/vivek1.htm. live.
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  8. Web site: Risk it with Ravijot - Talk 01, Vivek Agnihotri. https://web.archive.org/web/20160618022000/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNkqp9vcVcY&gl=US&hl=en . 2016-06-18 . dead. Nationalist Ravi. 16 June 2016 . YouTube.
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  12. News: One... gearing up to two!. 2005-11-14. The Hindu. 2020-01-12. en-IN. 0971-751X. 12 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112115438/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/one-gearing-up-to-two/article28213842.ece. live.
  13. News: IANS . 2018-04-14 . Vivek Agnihotri's 'Mohammad and Urvashi' to release on April 24 . Business Standard India . 2020-02-18 . 18 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200218052412/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/vivek-agnihotri-s-mohammad-and-urvashi-to-release-on-april-24-118041400542_1.html . live .
  14. Web site: 2018-04-20 . Vivek Agnihotri claims getting threats over 'Mohammad And Urvashi' . 2020-02-18 . The Statesman . en-US . 18 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200218052408/https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/vivek-agnihotri-claims-getting-threats-mohammad-urvashi-1502625275.html . live .
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  26. Reviews of Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal:
    • Web site: Review: Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal… painfully pointless Rajeev Masand – movies that matter : from bollywood, hollywood and everywhere else. www.rajeevmasand.com. 23 October 2019. 23 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191023113201/https://www.rajeevmasand.com/uncategorized/review-dhan-dhana-dhan-goal-painfully-pointless/. live.
    • Web site: Goal: The Rediff Review. www.rediff.com. 23 October 2019. 23 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923074750/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/23goal.htm. live.
    • Web site: Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal - Indian Express. archive.indianexpress.com. 23 October 2019. 14 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230314152219/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/dhan-dhana-dhan-goal/243134/0. live.
    • Web site: Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal. Joshi. Namrata. 10 December 2007. Outlook India. 23 October 2019. 30 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430083509/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/dhan-dhana-dhan-goal/236217. live.
    • News: Dhan Dhana Dhan (Goal). Critic. Anil Sinanan, Times Bollywood Film. 28 November 2007. The Times. 23 October 2019. en. 0140-0460. 30 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430083507/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dhan-dhana-dhan-goal-zs6mggcb5jk. live.
    • Web site: Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal. 28 November 2007. The Georgia Straight. en. 23 October 2019. 30 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430083704/https://www.straight.com/article-120273/dhan-dhana-dhan-goal. live.
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    • News: Missing the Goal. 2007-11-30. The Hindu. 2020-01-12. en-IN. 0971-751X. 12 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112115441/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/missing-the-goal/article3024040.ece. live.
  27. Web site: Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal - Movie - Box Office India. boxofficeindia.com. 23 October 2019. 11 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190711113612/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=242. live.
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  29. Reviews of Hate Story:
    • Web site: Hate Story Movie Review : 3.5 out of 5 Stars. Subhash K. Jha. 20 April 2012. Worldsnap. 20 April 2012. 21 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120421230725/http://news.worldsnap.com/entertainment/movie-review/hate-story-movie-review-3-5-out-of-5-stars-127027.html. live.
    • Web site: Hate Story Movie Review : 3 out of 5 Stars. Taran Adarsh. Bollywood Hungama. 20 April 2012. 23 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120423161953/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/548114. dead.
    • News: Hate Story Movie Review : 3 out of 5 Stars. Srijana Mitra Das. The Times of India. 20 April 2012. 21 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120421011534/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Hate-Story/movie-review/12744038.cms. live.
    • Web site: Review: Hate Story is a hate crime against the sex-starved. Raja Sen. Rediff.com. 20 April 2012. 22 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120422050110/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-hate-story/20120420.htm. live.
    • Web site: Review: Hate Story - NDTV Movies. NDTVMovies.com. en. 23 October 2019. 23 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191023113754/https://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/review-hate-story-700. live.
    • Web site: Review: 'Hate Story'. Chettiar. Blessy. 20 April 2012. DNA India. en. 23 October 2019. 23 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191023113754/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-review-hate-story-1678477. live.
    • News: Not much to love. Kumar. Anuj. 2012-04-21. The Hindu. 2020-01-12. en-IN. 0971-751X. 12 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112120012/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/not-much-to-love/article3339329.ece. live.
  30. Web site: Hate Story - Movie - Box Office India. boxofficeindia.com. 23 October 2019. 6 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190706154136/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=10. live.
  31. News: Jamming away. 2011-04-07. The Hindu. 2020-01-12. en-IN. 0971-751X. 12 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112115737/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Jamming-away/article14673039.ece. live.
  32. Web site: Barjatyas bails Vivek Agnihotri's 'Buddha' out of a 'Jam'. Thakkar. Mehul S.. 2016-04-10. Deccan Chronicle. en. 2020-02-22. 21 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421225558/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/100416/barjatyas-bails-vivek-agnihotri-s-buddha-out-of-a-jam.html. live.
  33. Reviews of Buddha in a Traffic Jam:
  34. Web site: Arunoday Singh: I don't consider myself any less successful right now. 26 April 2018. Hindustan Times. en. 15 March 2019. 12 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190512143536/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/arunoday-singh-i-don-t-consider-myself-any-less-successful-right-now/story-CBCtbzyxMHtkkPdceo3eZK.html. live.
  35. Web site: Buddha In A Traffic Jam - Movie - Box Office India. boxofficeindia.com. 23 October 2019. 12 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812030037/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3281. live.
  36. Reviews of Junooniyat:
  37. Web site: Junooniyat - Movie - Box Office India. boxofficeindia.com. 23 October 2019. 4 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190704192125/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3309. live.
  38. Reviews of Zid:
      • Web site: Review: Zid is more idiotic than erotic. Rediff. 2 May 2019. 2 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502142400/https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-zid-is-more-idiotic-than-erotic/20141128.htm. live.
    • Web site: Zid trailer crosses million hits online. 2 November 2014. The Times of India. 4 November 2014. 5 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141105021856/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Zid-trailer-crosses-million-hits-online/articleshow/45012775.cms. live.
    • Web site: Film review: Zid . Desai . Rahul . 29 Nov 2014 . Mumbai Mirror . en . 23 October 2019 . 23 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191023124259/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Film-review-Zid/articleshow/45312963.cms . live .
    • Web site: Film Review: Take an aspirin before watching Zid. Durham. Bryan. 28 November 2014. DNA India. en. 23 October 2019. 23 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191023124258/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-film-review-take-an-aspirin-before-watching-zid-2039242. live.
    • Web site: Zid Review 2/5 Zid Movie Review Zid 2014 Public Review Film Review. Hungama. Bollywood. Bollywood Hungama. en. 23 October 2019. 23 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191023124300/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/zid-3/critic-review/. live.
  39. Web site: Zid - Movie - Box Office India. boxofficeindia.com. 23 October 2019. 6 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190706060832/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2438. live.
  40. Sources which say he disassociated with film:
    • Web site: Vivek Agnihotri disowns Anubhav Sinha's 'Zid'. 2014-10-22. mid-day. en. 2020-02-20. 20 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200220024955/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/vivek-agnihotri-disowns-anubhav-sinhas-zid/15702170. live.
    • News: IANS. I have nothing to do with 'Zid': Vivek Agnihotri. 2014-11-21. Business Standard India. 2020-02-20. 20 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200220024955/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/i-have-nothing-to-do-with-zid-vivek-agnihotri-114112100798_1.html. live.
    • Web site: Zid trailer crosses million hits on Youtube . 2 November 2014 . IANS . India Today . en . 2020-02-20 . 20 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200220024954/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/zid-trailer-crosses-million-hits-on-youtube-225566-2014-11-02 . live .
    • Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri . Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri . vivekagnihotri . 985436741178929152 . 15 April 2018 . @ValuesTrue Zid isn’t my film. I have nothing to do with it. Please ask the producers. . en . 18 March 2022.
  41. Web site: Bhakt Vivek Agnihotri's stars. www.telegraphindia.com. en. 23 October 2019. 23 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191023123638/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/bhakt-vivek-agnihotri-s-stars/cid/1691636. live.
  42. Reviews of The Tashkent Files:
  43. Web site: Bollywood Turns To Plight Of Kashmiri Pandits, At Last. Outlook India. 2020-01-31. 31 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200131122855/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/entertainment-news-bollywood-turns-to-plight-of-kashmiri-pandits-at-last/346096. live.
  44. Web site: Vivek Agnihotri film The Kashmir Files to release in August 2020: Not an easy story to tell . Indo Asian News Service . 14 August 2019 . India Today . en . 2020-01-31 . 31 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200131122844/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vivek-agnihotri-film-the-kashmir-files-to-release-in-august-2020-not-an-easy-story-to-tell-1580680-2019-08-14 . live .
  45. Web site: After 'The Tashkent Files', Vivek Agnihotri's next titled 'The Kashmir Files' starring Anupam Kher. Free Press Journal. en. 2020-01-31. 31 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200131122851/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/after-the-tashkent-files-vivek-agnihotris-next-titled-the-kashmir-files-starring-anupam-kher. live.
  46. News: Kashmir Files director gets Y-category security cover . 19 March 2022 . The Indian Express . 19 March 2022 . en . 18 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318152329/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/vivek-agnihotri-y-category-security-the-kashmir-files-7825821/ . live .
  47. News: Fukrey 3 On Course To Be a HIT - The Vaccine War Is A Disaster. 4 October 2023. 6 October 2023.
  48. Web site: K. Jha . Subhash . 2022-04-22 . EXCLUSIVE: Vivek Agnihotri's The Delhi Files about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots . 2022-07-17 . Firstpost . en . 12 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612210006/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/exclusive-vivek-agnihotris-the-delhi-files-about-the-1984-anti-sikh-riots-10586121.html . live .
  49. Web site: Forty-Member Panel to Curate Films for IFFI With Agnihotri As Convenor. The Wire. 2020-02-11. 18 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214758/https://thewire.in/film/40-member-panel-films-iffi-agnihotri. live.
  50. Web site: Pahlaj Nihalani replaced by Prasoon Joshi: Vidya Balan, Vivek Agnihotri in CBFC Board; meet all new members. 2017-08-11. The Financial Express. en-US. 2020-02-12.
  51. Web site: Pahlaj Nihalani removed as chief of Central Board of Film Certification. Scroll Staff. Scroll.in. en-US. 2020-02-11. 20 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020121602/https://scroll.in/latest/846952/pahlaj-nihalani-removed-as-chief-of-central-board-of-film-certification. live.
  52. Web site: 2020-09-15. Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri gets appointed as new cultural representative at Indian Council for Cultural Relations. 2020-09-15. DNA India. en. 16 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916221344/https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-filmmaker-vivek-agnihotri-gets-appointed-as-new-cultural-representative-at-indian-council-for-cultural-relations-2843117. live.
  53. Web site: ANI. Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri appointed as new cultural representative at ICCR. 2020-09-15. BW Businessworld. en. 17 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417083655/http://www.businessworld.in/article/Filmmaker-Vivek-Ranjan-Agnihotri-appointed-as-new-cultural-representative-at-ICCR/15-09-2020-320661/. live.
  54. News: Not easy to attract eyeballs from government: Vivek Agnihotri . IANS . 15 June 2018 . Business Standard India . 20 June 2018 . 20 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232607/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/not-easy-to-attract-eyeballs-from-government-vivek-agnihotri-118061500802_1.html . live .
  55. Web site: Vivek Agnihotri's Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam Going beyond the Maoist myth. The New Indian Express. 2019-10-30. 30 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030110529/http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2018/jul/08/vivek-agnihotris-urban-naxals-the-making-of-buddha-in-a-traffic-jam--going-beyond-the-maoist-myth-1838808.html. live.
  56. Web site: Urban Naxals - The Making of Buddha In A Traffic Jam. 2018-05-30. Indic Today. en-US. 2019-10-30. 30 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030110530/http://www.indictoday.com/reviews/review-urban-naxals-the-making-of-buddha-in-a-traffic-jam-by-vivek-agnihotri/. live.
  57. Web site: He's making a list of 'Urban Naxals', but who is Vivek Agnihotri?. 29 August 2018. ThePrint. 26 March 2019. 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091747/https://theprint.in/politics/hes-making-a-list-of-urban-naxals-but-who-is-vivek-agnihotri/107937/. live.
  58. Coverage and commentary on the term in mainstream media:
    • Web site: He's making a list of 'Urban Naxals', but who is Vivek Agnihotri?. 29 August 2018. ThePrint. 26 March 2019. 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091747/https://theprint.in/politics/hes-making-a-list-of-urban-naxals-but-who-is-vivek-agnihotri/107937/. live.
    • Web site: Swara Bhasker on Urban Naxals: You cannot punish people for thinking. en. 26 March 2019. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326102917/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/swara-bhasker-urban-naxals-1329970-2018-09-02. live.
    • Web site: From Anti-National to Urban Naxal: The Trajectory of Dissent in India. 18 September 2018. NewsClick. en. 26 March 2019. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326102918/https://www.newsclick.in/anti-national-urban-naxal-trajectory-dissent-india. live.
    • Web site: Conversations with. Firstpost. 4 September 2018. 26 March 2019. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326102917/https://www.firstpost.com/india/conversations-with-urban-naxals-2-meghnad-everybody-who-does-not-agree-with-vivek-agnihotri-is-an-urban-naxal-5106411.html. live.
    • News: Why India activist arrests sparked outrage. 31 August 2018. 26 March 2019. en-GB. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326123215/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45294286. live.
    • Web site: What Makes An Urban Naxal?. 29 August 2018. Arré. en. 23 October 2019. 13 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413072824/https://www.arre.co.in/social-commentary/urban-naxal-uapa-arrests-bhima-koregaon/. live.
    • Web site: A propaganda tool called #UrbanNaxal. Rediff. en. 23 October 2019. 23 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191023134729/https://www.rediff.com/news/column/a-propaganda-tool-called-urbannaxal/20180713.htm. live.
    • Singh. Vivashwan. 5 June 2015. 'Ghoul' and the Spectre of Totalitarianism. Economic and Political Weekly. en. 53. 42. 27 October 2019. 25 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181025184146/https://www.epw.in/engage/article/%E2%80%98ghoul%E2%80%99-and-spectre-totalitarianism. live.
    • News: Just another day in paradise. Roy. Vaishna. 2018-09-08. The Hindu. 2020-01-12. en-IN. 0971-751X. 12 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112141348/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-weekend/just-another-day-in-paradise/article24898900.ece. live.
  59. Coverage and commentary on the term in scholarly sources:
    • Singh. Mohinder. Dasgupta. Rajarshi. 2 January 2019. Exceptionalising democratic dissent: a study of the JNU event and its representations. Postcolonial Studies. 22. 1. 59–78. 10.1080/13688790.2019.1568169. 151037277. 1368-8790.
    • Udupa. Sahana. July 2019. Nationalism in the Digital Age : Fun as a Metapractice of Extreme Speech. International Journal of Communication. 13. 3148. 1932-8036. 27 October 2019. 27 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191027170106/https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/9105/2715. live.
  60. eOrganiser . 1004323446275203072. Book Review #UrbanNaxals : The Untold Story of Communist Terrorism. 6 June 2018.
  61. Singh. Vivashwan. 5 June 2015. 'Ghoul' and the Spectre of Totalitarianism. Economic and Political Weekly. en. 53. 42. 7–8. 27 October 2019. 25 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181025184146/https://www.epw.in/engage/article/%E2%80%98ghoul%E2%80%99-and-spectre-totalitarianism. live.
  62. Web site: SNS . 2022-10-13 . Vivek Agnihotri gets nostalgic as he received 'National Kishore Kumar Award . 2022-10-18 . The Statesman . en-US . 18 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018082219/https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/vivek-ranjan-agnihotri-remembers-1503120899.html . live .
  63. Web site: 2022-03-17 . 'Didn't Like Him Very Much on First Meet': Pallavi Joshi on Husband Vivek Agnihotri . 2022-03-24 . News18 . en . 24 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324083255/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/didnt-like-him-very-much-on-first-meet-pallavi-joshi-on-husband-vivek-agnihotri-4883060.html . live .
  64. Web site: भाजपा का नहीं, बल्कि घोर मोदी समर्थक हूं: विवेक अग्निहोत्री. I'm not a supporter of the BJP, but a strong Modi supporter: Vivek Agnihotri. 2020-06-08. Dainik Jagran. hi. 17 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200617162520/https://www.jagran.com/entertainment/bollywood-vivek-agnihotri-says-he-is-narendra-modi-supporter-not-bjp-supporter-19109033.html. live.
  65. Web site: Chaudhuri . Pooja . 2020-02-08 . Cannabis kills coronavirus? Vivek Agnihotri shares scientific misinformation via meme . 2020-02-13 . Alt News . en-GB . 26 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226185109/https://www.altnews.in/cannabis-kills-coronavirus-vivek-agnihotri-shares-scientific-misinformation-via-meme/ . live .
  66. Web site: 2022-07-11 . Vivek Agnihotri Suffers From Stress Fracture After Ignoring Injury, Starts Treatment, Fans Hope For A Quick Recovery . 2022-07-17 . News18 . en . 17 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220717190922/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-kashmir-files-director-vivek-agnihotri-suffers-from-stress-fracture-after-ignoring-injury-starts-treatment-5531131.html . live .
  67. Web site: Vivek Agnihotri, Pallavi Joshi speak at the UK Parliament on India, world peace and humanism - Times of India . 2022-10-18 . The Times of India . en . 18 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018111504/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/vivek-agnihotri-pallavi-joshi-speak-at-the-uk-parliament-on-india-world-peace-and-humanism/articleshow/92108866.cms . live .
  68. Sources which say Agnihotri shared misleading content
  69. Web site: Vivek Agnihotri Posts A Doctored Image Of Anti-CAA Protester. Chowdhury. Archis. 2020-01-10. www.boomlive.in. en. 2020-02-18. 2 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214724/https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/vivek-agnihotri-posts-a-doctored-image-of-anti-caa-protester-6530. live.
  70. Web site: Rampal . Nikhil . 25 December 2018 . 2018's top 10 fake news: From 'Pak zindabad' to post claiming Congress most 'corrupt party' . 12 March 2019 . The Print . 27 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091119/https://theprint.in/hoaxposed/2018s-top-10-fake-news-from-pak-zindabad-to-post-claiming-congress-most-corrupt-party/167317/ . live .
  71. Web site: Team . BOOM FACT Check . 12 November 2018 . Vivek Agnihotri Tweets Misleading Video Of Kanhaiya Kumar Speaking About Islam BOOM . 12 March 2019 . boomlive.in . 27 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090120/https://www.boomlive.in/vivek-agnihotri-tweets-misleading-video-of-kanhaiya-kumar-speaking-about-islam/ . live .
  72. Web site: Sidharth . Arjun . 11 March 2019 . Vivek Agnihotri makes false claim of Nehru responsible for outcome of 1965 Indo-Pak war . 12 March 2019 . Alt News . en-GB . 27 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091430/https://www.altnews.in/vivek-agnihotri-makes-false-claim-of-nehru-responsible-for-outcome-of-1965-indo-pak-war/ . live .
  73. Sources covering the episode:
  74. News: Vivek Agnihotri asks Mamata Banerjee for withdrawal of her comments on The Kashmir Files, sends legal notice. en. Hindustan Times. 27 Aug 2023.
  75. Web site: Vivek Agnihotri announces new film 'The Vaccine War,' to release in August 2023 . . 10 November 2022 . 14 December 2022 . 14 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214132909/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vivek-agnihotri-announces-new-film-the-vaccine-war-to-release-in-august-2023/article66119057.ece/amp/ . live .
  76. Web site: EXCLUSIVE: Vivek Agnihotri's the Delhi Files about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots . 22 April 2022 . 12 June 2022 . 12 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612210006/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/exclusive-vivek-agnihotris-the-delhi-files-about-the-1984-anti-sikh-riots-10586121.html . live .
  77. Web site: 2021-03-24. Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on National Film Award for best dialogue writer: At least now nobody will question my capabilities. 2021-06-08. Hindustan Times. en. 8 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608101327/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/vivek-ranjan-agnihotri-on-national-film-award-for-best-dialogue-writer-at-least-now-nobody-will-question-my-capabilities-101616566742344.html. live.
  78. Web site: 69th National Film Awards 2023 complete winners list: Rocketry, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun, RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi win big. 24 August 2023.
  79. Web site: Service. Tribune News. 'Buddha' back from 'traffic jam. 2021-06-08. Tribuneindia News Service. en. 8 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608101328/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/buddha-back-from-traffic-jam-236921. live.

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