Vivek Agnihotri (born 10th November) is an avant garde Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Agnihotri is one of the few new age Hindi cinema film directors, known to experiment in different genres of film making. He has ventured into genres like erotica, thriller, sports, political dramas and love stories making him a multiple genre ...
Vivek is the only Indian director to have been given permission to shoot in Manchester United's Old Trafford football ground.
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While shooting for Dhana Dhan Goal, John Abraham was very touchy about his long hair. Agnihotri successfully convinced John to cut his hair to look like a short haired footballer.
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Agnihotri was once caught by London Police while he was shooting in a red light area in Soho. Though, he was released without any legal proceedings.
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Agnihotri created a new look for Anil Kapoor in Chocolate that became very popular. Anil Kapoor was given a military crew hair cur, different glasses and a Cigar to make him look matured. This was for the first time that Anil Kapoor played a mature role that was at par with his real age.
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All his films; Chocolate, Dhana Dhan Goal, Hate Story, Buddha in a traffic jam (unreleased), Freedom (unreleased) were shot in deep winter. His cinematic style of shooting under the winter sky with winter costumes gives a different visual impact in most of his films. Most of his films are inspired from nature.
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