Vivek Agnihotri

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is an award-winning filmmaker, bestselling author and a free thinker. A former advertising man, he is a popular public speaker on sociopolitical issues, creative thinking and innovation at top global institutes. Vivek is an ‘Indic Civilisation’ crusader.

His prophetic cult film, Buddha in a Traffic Jam, dealt with the theme of Urban Naxalism and exposed the sinister nexus between the Naxals, media, NGOs and academia. Vivek’s latest film, The Tashkent Files, based on the mysterious death of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri has been critically acclaimed.

Vivek’s debut book Urban Naxals became the fastest-selling #1 bestseller. The term ‘Urban Naxals’ is now used as a legit term and is accepted as a political reality by political analysts, media and the Government of India.

Vivek' s next book 'Who Killed Shastri' is an investigation into the murder mystery of India’s second prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, in the backdrop of the Cold War where everyone is a suspect.

It is an edgy, electrifying story of ambition, betrayal and loyalty, which led to the murder of a prime minister. In a world of power, money, half-truths and white lies, it exposes how the sinister politics of ambition and greed had gone dangerously awry.

The book is the only comprehensive work on the politics behind Shastri’s mysterious death in the backdrop of sinister politics ranging from India’s humiliating defeat against China in 1962 to the murder of democracy in 1975.

Vivek has won several national and international awards.

He is married to National Award-winning actor Pallavi Joshi and has two children. Along with Pallavi, he runs an NGO—I Am Buddha Foundation—which mentors and trains disadvantaged youth in creative thinking.