The Vaccine War director Vivek Agnihotri reveals studios offered him Rs 300 crore to make Kashmir Files 2

After delivering an all-time blockbuster in the form of The Kashmir Files, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is gearing up for the release of The Vaccine War, which is set to hit the screens this Thursday at the box office. Touted to be India’s first bio-science cinema, _The Vaccine War_ narrates story the of the scientists pivotal in developing the Covaxin. While the filmmaker is going all out to promote his upcoming movie, in a recent interview, Vivek claimed that there was an ’embargo’ from the industry on The Vaccine War and no one was talking about it on purpose. “When Buddha in a Traffic Jam came, at least 50-100 people reviewed it on YouTube. With The Tashkent Files, we had limited resources and could only release it in 175 theatres. These days, if you just write the name Jawan, at least 10,000 people will come and review it. People do so much YouTube-ing now. Yet, when such an important film like The Vaccine War is coming, and that too after I delivered a Rs 350-crore movie which also created a significant impact, nobody has reviewed it because money is being paid and there’s an embargo that nobody should utter our names,” told Agnihotri while having a conversation with Galatta Plus.

The filmmaker also revealed that many production houses and renowned stars offered him a hefty amount to make The Kashmir Files sequel but he never had any financial considerations. “I didn’t want to fall into that trap. After The Kashmir Files, every single studio was ready to give me Rs 200-300 crore and every star has called me privately expressing their desire to do The Delhi Files or The Kashmir Files Part 2 with me. Anybody in his right sense would make The Kashmir Files 2,” added the filmmaker. Starring Nana Patekar, Raima Sen, Pallavi Joshi, Sapthami Gowda and Anupam Kher in prominent roles, the film is set to hit the screens this Thursday.