Vivek Agnihotri

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri
Agnihotri in 2019
Born	(1973-11-10) 10 November 1973 (age 50) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India[1]
Citizenship	Indian
Education	Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Occupations	Film director film producer screenwriter author
Notable work	The Kashmir Files The Tashkent Files
Spouse	Pallavi Joshi ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	2
Website	vivekagnihotri.com

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, The Kashmir Files: Unreported in 2024. ^[5]