Buddha in a Traffic Jam
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| Directed by | Vivek Agnihotri |
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| Written by | Vivek Agnihotri |
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| Music by | Rohit Sharma |
| Cinematography | Attar Singh Saini |
| Edited by | Sattyajit Gazmer |
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| Distributed by | Carnival Pictures |
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| Country | India |
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Buddha in a Traffic Jam is an autobiographical film based on its writer & director Vivek Agnihotri's life. Based on true life incidents, it's treatment is that of a new age political drama with a unique chapter wise approach to relevant topics leading to its climax. Its ensemble cast comprises Arunoday Singh, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Mahi Gill and Anchal Dwivedi.
Buddha In A Traffic Jam premiered at the 2014 Mumbai Film Festival in the India Gold category.[1] It won the best actor (Pallavi Joshi) and got nominated for the best film in Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival. It won the Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language (Mahie Gill) at Madrid Film Festival, Spain.[2] The film went on to receive Best Director at Jakarta Film Festival (Vivek Agnihotri) and has been showcased as the Opening Film in more than a dozen festivals.
The film was recently premiered for students at Jawaharlal Nehru University after much political fiasco since it was first denied screening due to the politically volatile atmosphere within the campus. Later on, it was invited by the students and screened in open air auditorium with over 4.5 thousand students and faculty sitting on the floors, staircases and terraces according to Agnihotri. [3] The film was also screened at IIT Gandhinagar on March 29th, 2016, S P Jain School of Global Management on April 5th, 2016, and IIT Bombay on April 6th,2016. It was screened later at IIT Madras on April 19th, 2016. It was also screened at Delhi University on May 1st, 2016 where it received a lot of positive response, inviting a lot of students and teachers in the Faculty of Arts' Garden.
Plot
Vikram Pandit (Arunoday Singh) is a happy-go-lucky management student from a top Business School of India. He becomes an overnight sensation after a successful Social-Media campaign against the radical fundamentalism of moral policing in India.
Little did Vikram know that he was about to become a part of a plot that would risk his life and the nation. He gets entangled between two facets of India – Socialism and Capitalism, both of which are deeply rooted in isolated corners of the country.
Somewhere deep within the jungles, flagrant conspirators were gearing up to maim the Country. They had established links with the patrician society. Vikram’s internet campaign pulls him into a very deep web of conspiracy.
Cast
- Arunoday Singh as Vikram Pandit
- Mahi Gill as Charu Siddhu
- Anupam Kher as Professor Ranjan Batki
- Pallavi Joshi as Sheetal Batki
- Vivek Vaswani
- Anchal Dwivedi
- Gopal K Singh as Naxal chief
Release
Buddha In A Traffic Jam is set to release on the 13th of May, 2016
Awards and Nominations
| Award/Film Festival | Category | Reciepent |
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| Jakarta Film Festival(2015) | Best Actress | Pallavi Joshi |
| Madrid Film Festival(2015) | Best Original Screenplay | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Awards(2015) | Best Actor | Pallavi Joshi |
| Global Film Awards (2014) | Best Director | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Jakarta Film Festival(2015) | Best Director | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Jakarta Film Festival(2015) | Best Screenplay | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Global Film Festival(2015) | Best Actress | Pallavi Joshi |
| MAMI(2014) | Official Selection-India Gold | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Awards(2015) | Nominated- Best Film | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Jaipur International Film Festival(2015) | Opening Film | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Global Film Festival(2015) | Opening Film | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Khajuraho Film Festival(2014) | Opening Film | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Awards(2015) | Nomination- Best Film | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Madrid Film Festival(2015) | Nomination- Best Foreign Language Film | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Madrid Film Festival(2015) | Nomination- Best Actress | Mahie Gill |
| Madrid Film Festival(2015) | Nomination- Best Original Screenplay | Vivek Agnihotri |
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