Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is a renowned Bollywood filmmaker who consistently provides audiences with something unique and different.His last release, The Kashmir Files, based on the exodus and killings of Kashmiri Hindus in the valley, turned out to be a blockbuster despite less promotion and media coverage.
Good “word of mouth” helped more and more people go to the theatres and watch the movie, which made it the highest grossing Hindi film of 2022 until Brahmastra: Part 1 was released.
His 2019 film, The Tashkent Files, won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay—Dialogues. Now, after much anticipation, he has finally revealed the title of his next project, The Vaccine War.
The Vaccine War Release Date
Along with announcing the title and first look of the film, Agnihotri also announced its release date. Presented by his I Am Buddha production, the film is set to have a grand theatrical release on 15, 2023, on the occasion of India’s Independence Day.
It is said to be the first Indian film that will be released in 11 languages, including Hindi and dubbed English, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, and Bengali versions.
Shooting starts on 14th of Dec, 2022:
Happy to inform that the shooting of #TheVaccineWar began yesterday with Saraswati Vandana.
Pl bless us. #Research pic.twitter.com/ZoqxRByDBf
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) December 15, 2022
The Vaccine War Title & First Look Poster
On Thursday, November 11, the National Award-winning filmmaker announced his film “The Vaccine War” on social media. He captioned it “Presenting- The Vaccine War- an incredible true story of a war that you didn’t know India fought. And won with its science, courage, and great Indian values.”.
He also shared the first look poster of the film, featuring a vaccine bottle with the title written on it. The poster also reads, “A war you didn’t know India fought. And won.”
For the first time ever an Indian film will release in 11 Indian languages. At @i_ambuddha & @AAArtsOfficial it’s our humble initiative to help integrate Indian film industry as one. #BharatKaApnaCinema pic.twitter.com/AZKnPGiskn
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) November 10, 2022
About the Film
The Vaccine War is a tribute to the endless support and dedication of the medical fraternity and scientists towards saving people’s lives during the biggest crisis of COVID-19. It will demonstrate how the country’s scientists and doctors worked tirelessly to develop an effective vaccine to save lives.
The film is produced by The Kashmir Files producer Abhishek Agarwal Arts in association with Agnihotri’s wife, Pallavi Joshi, who played a crucial role in TKF, and also backed it with Agarwal and Agnihotri.
Both Abhishek Agarwal and Agnihotri are also working on their next project, The Delhi Files, and they recently announced a Pan-India collaboration with the director of Allu Arjun starrer blockbuster Pushpa: The Rise, Sukumar.
When COVID came, India had nothing to fight. We were blackmailed & left alone to die by the superpowers of medical infra.
But our scientists, without resources, fought back like their dharma. We made fastest & the safest vaccine, created an infra every Indian can be proud of.
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) November 7, 2022
