Vivek Agnihotri

Agnihotri fascinates me less for any single film than for the unusual position he occupies. A Gwalior-born director, writer and producer who also sits on India's film certification board, he stands on both sides of the line between making cinema and regulating it. That dual role is rare and inevitably controversial. His willingness to court fierce debate keeps him at the centre of cultural arguments, and whatever one thinks of his choices, a filmmaker who insists on provoking conversation earns my respect. I am more interested in what his career says about cinema and power than in tallying wins or losses.

This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.

Name (English)

Vivek Agnihotri

Name (Japanese)

ヴィヴェーク・アグニホトリ

Reading

ゔぃゔぇーく・あぐにほとり

Born

December 21, 1973 (age 52)

Origin

Gwalior, Gwalior district, India

Occupation

film director / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

• Official sitehttps://vivekagnihotri.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/vivekagnihotri/
• Xhttps://x.com/vivekagnihotri
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek%20Agnihotri
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7937583

Tags

• Gwalior district
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.