Vivek Agnihotri

Vivek Agnihotri
Agnihotri, c. 2015
Born Gwalior, MP, India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education Organization & Management
Occupation Director, script writer, producer and activist
Spouse(s) Pallavi Joshi
Children 2
Parent(s) Prabhu Dayal Agnihotri and Sharda Agnihotri
Website https://iambuddha.net/

Vivek Agnihotri is a Bollywood film director, producer and screenwriter. He has worked in numerous genres, including thrillers, sports movies, political drama, erotica, and romance.[1] Agnihotri made his directorial debut with Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets (2005).

Vivek Agnihotri is also an activist, orator, and author. Along with his wife, actress Pallavi Joshi, Agnihotri runs the NGO #IAmBuddha.[2]

Education

Agnihotri studied at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication[3] and at the school of social sciences.[4] He also studied at Harvard University.[5]

Personal life

Agnihotri's father was a Sanskrit scholar who had translated many Vedas. He is married to anchor, theatre, and film actress Pallavi Joshi.[6] They have two children. Agnihotri is a conservative nationalist who has heavily criticized leftists and claimed they are part of an urban terror network.[7]

MeToo Controversy

In 2008, Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar and Vivek Agnihotri of sexually harassing her on the sets of the movie Horn 'Ok' Pleassss. In March 2008, she filed a complaint with 'CINTAA'(Cine & TV Artists Association) but no action was taken then. This allegation was repeated in an interview in 2013[8] and again made in 2018.[9][10] In late 2018, CINTAA apologized to Tanushree admitting that the "chief grievance of sexual harassment wasn't even addressed (in 2008)" but added that since the case was more than three years old, they could not reopen it.[11][12][13]

In 2018, Dutta restated her accusation of being sexually harassed by Nana Patekar in 2018 in interviews to various media outlets and her accusations led to the Me Too movement coming to Bollywood.[14][15][16] Subsequently, she complained to the Maharashtra Women Commission and demanded an investigation into the allegations of harassment levelled by Ms Dutta against Nana Patekar, Ganesh Acharya, producer Samee Siddiqui, director Rakesh Sarang, and several Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers.[17][18] In the late hours of October 10, 2018, An FIR was registered against actor Nana Patekar and three others at Oshiwara police station following a complaint by actress Tanushree Dutta late on Wednesday night. Patekar, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, director Rakesh Sarang, producer Samee Siddiqui were booked for molestation and obscenity under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).[19]

Filmography

Agnihotri has directed the following films in Bollywood:

Year Movie(s) Starring Source
2005 Chocolate Anil Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Irfan, Arshad Warsi, Emraan Hashmi, Tanushree Dutta [20]
2007 Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Boman Irani
2012 Hate Story Paoli Dam, Gulshan Devaiah, Nikhil Dwivedi
2014 Zid Karanvir Sharma, Mannara Chopra, Shraddha Das
2016 Buddha in a Traffic Jam Arunoday Singh, Mahi Gill, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi [21][22][23][24][25]
2016 Junooniyat Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Hrishitaa Bhatt

Books

Vivek made his debut as an author in 2018 with his book Urban Naxals.[26] [27]

References

  1. ↑ "No director wants to work with stars: Hate Story director". NDTV News channel. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Who We Are - #IAmBuddha Foundation". #IAmBuddha. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ↑ NMF News (2016-03-25), JNU में Left पर जमकर बरसे Vivek Agnihotri, Kanhayia को सिखाई राष्ट्रभक्ति, retrieved 2018-06-22
  4. ↑ Nationalist Ravi (16 June 2016). "Risk it with Ravijot - Talk 01, Vivek Agnihotri" – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ Swarajya (2018-06-09), Decoding Urban Naxals - Anand Ranganathan in conversation with Vivek Agnihotri, retrieved 2018-06-20
  6. ↑ Kumar, Anuj (12 November 2007). "Game on". Chennai, India: The Hindu (Mumbai). Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  7. ↑ Mastakar, Manasi (2 September 2018). "Vivek Agnihotri: I have mentally resigned from Bollywood". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Moksha is all bullshit - Tanushree Dutta".
  9. ↑ "Nana Patekar Has A History Of Assaulting Women: Tanushree Dutta". Headlines Today. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Tanushree Dutta's Bollywood sexual harassment case back in spotlight!". The Guardian.
  11. ↑ "CINTAA Apologises To Tanushree For Not Addressing Her Grievance, Says Can't Reopen Case Now".
  12. ↑ "Tanushree sexual harassment sad but we cannot reopen case now: CINTAA". India Today.
  13. ↑ "Tanushree Dutta, Who Accuses Nana Patekar Of Harassment, Says She Was Threatened, Car Was Attacked".
  14. ↑ "Tanushree Dutta accuses Nana Patekar of harassing her on set - Times of India ►".
  15. ↑ "Tanushree Dutta accuses Nana Patekar of resorting to 'lies' to 'cover up and justify' attack on her car- Entertainment News, Firstpost".
  16. ↑ Ians (28 September 2018). "Tanushree Dutta accuses Nana Patekar of sexual harassment" – via www.thehindu.com.
  17. ↑ "Maharashtra Commission for Women issues notices to Nana Patekar, 3 others on Tanushree Dutta's complaint". 10 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Tanushree Dutta Reaches Out To Women Commission Against Nana Patekar".
  19. ↑ "Tanushree Dutta files FIR against Nana Patekar, three others in Mumbai". 11 October 2018.
  20. ↑ "'Chocolate is the revival of suspense drama'". Rediff. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  21. ↑ "They call it show-biz, Entertainment – Bollywood". Mumbai Mirror. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  22. ↑ "Buddha in a Traffic Jam – Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  23. ↑ Deccanchronicle Team. "Teaser of Buddha In A Traffic Jam". Deccanchronicle. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  24. ↑ timesofindia Team. "Buddha In A Traffic Jam - An apt depiction of corrupt corporate system". TimesofIndia. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  25. ↑ KoiMoi Team. "Buddha In an entrepreneurial Jam". KoiMoi. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  26. ↑ IANS (2018-06-15). "Not easy to attract eyeballs from government: Vivek Agnihotri". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  27. ↑ Agnihotri, Vivek. Urban Naxals. Garuda Prakashan. ISBN 9781942426059. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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