Oxford Union cancels Vivek Agnihotri event

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is a Hindi-language Indian film director, scriptwriter, and playwright. He is a part of India’s Central Board of Film Certification’s management board and a literary ambassador of Indian Cinema at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations as of 2022. For The Tashkent Files, he won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay – Dialogues (2019).

Agnihotri began his work at advertising companies before moving on to produce and manage teleserial. He made his Bollywood debut with the murder thriller Chocolate (2005) and has subsequently helmed a number of films.

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The Oxford Union has been labeled “Hinduphobic” by director Vivek Agnihotri of The Kashmir Files. His remarks came as the director’s appearance in Europe on a humanitarian circuit has been “canceled” by the organization. Agnihotri vowed to sue them for the cancellation of his presentation.

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Vivek Agnihotri, a cinematographer, today slammed the Oxford Union, claiming that he had been ‘cancelled’ by the institution. Earlier today, the filmmaker of The Kashmir Files was scheduled to speak at the university.

Vivek Agnihotri calls Oxford Union Hinduphobic

Agnihotri took to Twitter with a video to raise awareness about the problem, accusing the Oxford Union of being ‘Hinduphobic,’ and urging internet users to join him in his campaign.

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In a video, the filmmaker, who is most renowned for his movie The Kashmir Files, which was originally published this year, said he was asked to speak at Oxford University in the United Kingdom on May 31. However, he was told a few hours before the event that there had been a misunderstanding and that they’d not be able to accommodate him.

Vivek wrote as a part of his tweet,

“Yet another Hindu voice is curbed at HINDUPHOBIC Oxford Union. They have cancelled me. In reality, they cancelled Hindu Genocide & Hindu students who are a minority at Oxford Univ. The president elect is a Paksitani.”

As per Agnihotri, his engagement at Oxford has been rearranged for a time when the University would be closed to academics. “Instead of canceling directly, they sent an email saying there was a double booking. This is a lie because there’s no double booking on their calendar,” is what he told the paps when he was asked about the incident more thoroughly.

“Pl share & support me in this most difficult fight,” is what he wrote accompanying a video in his post section. Where he further added what exactly happened to him in utmost details to more more and clear information to the audiences.

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