This is an accepted version of this page Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (born 10 November 1973)[2] is an Indian director, producer, and writer who works in Hindi cinema.

[8][9][a] In interviews with media, he has also mentioned Bhopal School of Social Sciences and Jawaharlal Nehru University among his almae matres.

[11][12] Agnihotri started his career with the advertising agencies Ogilvy and McCann, and served as creative director for campaigns of Gillette and Coca-Cola.

[33] Buddha in a Traffic Jam featured his wife Pallavi[34] and premiered at Mumbai International Film Festival in 2014;[35] it was received unfavourably by critics[36] and severely under-performed at the box office.

[44][45] 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.

[46][47][48][49] 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.

[72][73] 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.

[74] In November 2018, Agnihotri tweeted a misleading video that appeared to show that Indian political activist Kanhaiya Kumar had converted to Islam.

"[75] 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.

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.

[77] 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.

[78] in August 2024 Agnihotri faced controversy when an old 2013 social media post of his offensive rape joke went viral after he joined a rally for solidarity on justice for victim during protests against Mamta's government.