Vivek Agnihotri

Vivek Agnihotri

Agnihotri, c. 2015
Born Gwalior, MP, India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education Organization & Management
Occupation Director, script writer, producer
Spouse(s) Pallavi Joshi
Children 2
Parent(s) Prabhu Dayal Agnihotri Sharda Agnihotri

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

Early career

Agnihotri has worked in advertising agencies including Ogilvy & Mather, JWT and has been a founder member of McCann Erickson in India. He then moved to making advertisement films. He has made more than 100 ad films for clients which included Procter & Gamble, Tata's, Godrej, and National Association for Blind. Agnihotri has been founder of Indian private TV programming including Saturday Suspense, X Zone, Rishtey (TV series) and Gubbarey.

Buddha in a Traffic Jam

In 2014, Agnihotri's film Buddha in a Traffic Jam had its Indian premiere at the Mumbai International Film Festival. Buddha in a Traffic Jam was an official entry in the 7th Global International Film Festival that also awarded Agnihotri and Pallavi Joshi a life achievement award for excellence in cinema. The film will release in 2016.[2][3] The film is an official entry in the 5th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festivaland received three nominations in Madrid International Film Festival in the Best Foreign Language Film to Agnihotri Agnihotri,[4] Best Original Screenplay of a Foreign Language, again written by Vivek Agnihotri himself [5] and Best Lead Actress in a foreign language to actress Mahi Gill.[6] The film was screened at over 30 film festivals across the globe

Personal life

Agnihotri is married to anchor, theatre and film actress Pallavi Joshi.[7] They have two children.

Filmography

He 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 [8]
2007 Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Boman Irani
2012 Hate Story Paoli Dam, Gulshan Devaiah, Nikhil Dwivedi
2016 Buddha in a Traffic Jam Arunoday Singh, Mahi Gill, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi [9][10][11][12][13]
Junooniyat Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Gulshan Devaiah [14]

References

  1. ↑ "No director wants to work with stars: Hate Story director". NDTV News channel. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "All genre director".
  3. ↑ "Commercial release planned for Buddha In A Traffic Jam".
  4. ↑ http://www.madridinternationalfilmfestival.com/best-foreign-language-feature-film-2015/
  5. ↑ http://www.madridinternationalfilmfestival.com/best-original-screenplay-of-a-foreign-language-film-2015/
  6. ↑ http://www.madridinternationalfilmfestival.com/best-lead-actress-in-a-foreign-language-film-2015/
  7. ↑ Kumar, Anuj (12 November 2007). "Game on". Chennai, India: The Hindu (Mumbai). Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  8. ↑ "'Chocolate is the revival of suspense drama'". Rediff. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "They call it show-biz, Entertainment – Bollywood". Mumbai Mirror. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Buddha in a Traffic Jam – Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Deccanchronicle Team. "Teaser of Buddha In A Traffic Jam". Deccanchronicle. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  12. ↑ timesofindia Team. "Buddha In A Traffic Jam - An apt depiction of corrupt corporate system". TimesofIndia. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  13. ↑ KoiMoi Team. "Buddha In an entrepreneurial Jam". KoiMoi. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Junooniyat - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-11-09.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.