Mumbai: Director Vivek Agnihotri says it was filmaker Vikram Bhatt who inspired him to make 'Freedom'.
'Freedom' is a socio-political saga set in the backdrop of 1970s to 2000s. It features Salman Yusuf Khan in the lead.
"I always wanted to make 'Freedom', but I had to drop the idea due to financial crisis. I would have never made an erotic thriller like 'Hate Story' if I had finance for 'Freedom'. Vikram gave me 'Hate Story' as a challenge. Apart from Vikram, one of my friends also encouraged me to make a film on this subject," Agnihotri told IANS.
"While thinking about 'Freedom', I took 'Hate Story' as a challenge and did justice to it. We shot it like a beautiful international thriller. I am happy people loved the film and it also earned good money to start my ambitious project," he added....
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10:11 AM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: Looking forward to his upcoming film 'Freedom', director Vivek Agnihotri says the movie is like 'Dil Chahta Hai' meeting 'Deewar'. 'Freedom', a political thriller, is set in different periods from 1984 to 2000. "It is a drama, not a satire. It is about the journey of youth, the journey post liberalisation. How the journey of talented, intelligent, gifted, the real cream of the country changed post liberalisation," Vivek, of...
01:51 PM, May 13, 2013
Vivek Agnihotri, who is all set to make a film on women's empowerment for T Series, was keen to sign Vidya Balan for the lead role. ...
05:55 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Director Vivek Agnihotri is keen to work with Ajay Devgn in 'Awwal', a satire on land acquisition. ...
06:28 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has shot an electro-classical rock song, a heady mix of classical tunes with rock sounds, for his film 'Freedom'. ...
05:36 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Do explicit movie scenes and double-meaning songs and dialogues incite sexual violence? Many think so. But most directors in the Hindi film industry don't agree. ...
05:51 PM, Dec 24, 2012
New Delhi: The first look of director Vivek Agnihotri's socio-political saga 'Freedom' was unveiled on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti Tuesday. The film goes on floors this month. True to the theme of the film, the poster shows Gandhiji's iconic three wise monkeys that embody the proverbial principle to 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil'. ...
03:52 PM, Oct 02, 2012
New Delhi: Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is all set to start his new film. The director, who has done films such as Chocolate, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, and Hate Story in the past, is once again going to launch a new face in his film. He says, It's called 'Freedom' yup script is locked. Shooting in Delhi this Nov-Dec. No Paoli but another Bengali surprise. His last film Hate Story has...
01:22 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is planning to make part two of his last directorial venture 'Hate Story' , which did average business at the box office. "Yes, talks are on but the mystery is on for part two but it is in a very initial stage" , Agnihotri told IANS and added that its too early to talk about the cast."Let things fall in place then I can talk about...
01:00 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: After directing the erotic thriller 'Hate Story', Vivek Agnihotri is now making two films on socio-political issues. First to release will be his film 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam' on the Naxal issue, starring Anupam Kher. The other film is a political thriller 'Freedom' with R Madhavan in the lead. "Buddha in a Traffic Jam is in post production. It is a very different kind of a film...
12:53 PM, Jun 30, 2012
Mumbai: Finally, the two acting titans, Amitabh Bachchan and Naseeruddin Shah are all set to work together in a film. While they have not officially signed on the dotted line, Vivek Agnihotri is planning to bring them together in Twelve, his remake of Sidney Lumet's '12 Angry Men' (1957) that itself was based on a teleplay. And that's not all. Agnihotri is also keen to cast, along with Om Puri,...
05:23 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Both Hate Story and Vicky Donor did good business over the weekend at single screens and multiplexes drawing in a nett Rs 6.60 crore and Rs 7 crore respectively, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh and the director of Hate Story Vivek Agnihotri said. While Vicky Donor impressed the multiplex audiences, Hate Story dominated the single screens outside metros. Agnihotri said this was a hopeful trend since this benefited...
08:23 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Director: Vivek Agnihotri Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Paoli Dam, Nikhil Dwivedi Rating: ** There comes a point in director Vivek Agnihotri's Hate Story when you are forced to suspend reason and resign yourself to the unbelievable corniness of the lines the lead protagonists mouth. The last time I was this entertained by a film's dialogue was while watching Mithun Chakraborty's Gunda which has now achieved cult status among lovers of campy...
08:42 AM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: Bengali actress Paoli Dam makes her Bollywood debut with director Vivek Agnihotri's much talked about film 'Hate Story'. Bollywood actors Gulshan Devaiya and Nikhil Dwivedi also play pivotal roles in the film. Right from its sensuous poster to the raunchy trailer, 'Hate Story' has been grabbing eyeballs from long. The film is about Kaavya played by Paoli Dam and her transformation from a journalist to a sex worker....
10:46 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The trailer for Vivek Agnihotri's 'Hate Story', which is releasing on the 20th April, has generated a deafening buzz and grabbed quite a few eyeballs owing to its unabashedly bold content. We posed a few questions to him regarding the movie and here's his take.. Q: From the trailer one gets the idea that Hate Story is essentially a revenge story of a woman who uses her body...
06:25 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: Director Vivek Agnihotri, who is now ready with his next film 'Hate Story', which is based on sex, maintains that he is not using the plot of the movie to market it. 'Hate Story' is touted as India's first onscreen erotica. The film written by Vikram Bhatt and directed by Agnihotri, marks Bengali actress Paoli Dam's entry into the Bollywood. "We are not using sex as a marketing tool...
03:42 PM, Apr 11, 2012
