The Vaccine War’s Vivek Agnihotri Calls Alia Bhatt “A Part Of My Family,” Reveals Wanting To Work With National Award Winner Allu Arjun Someday

Vivek Agnihotri is an acclaimed filmmaker currently in the news owing to his recently released reality-based film The Vaccine War. A while ago, the filmmaker was bestowed the Best Feature Film on National Integration award at the National Film Awards for his film The Kashmir Files. In a recent chat, he got candid about wanting to work with this year’s National Film Award winners – Alia Bhatt, Allu Arjun and Kriti Sanon.

For the unversed, Alia and Kriti won the Best Actress National Film Award. Bhatt took home the honours for her performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi, while Sanon received the trophy for her performance as a surrogate mother in the Laxman Utekar-directed Netflix film Mimi. Allu won the Best Actress National Film Award for his part as Pushpa Raj in Pushpa: The Rise.

Talking to Mid-Day, Vivek Agnihotri praised Alia Bhatt and Allu Arjun. ‘The Kashmir Files’ filmmaker said, “I’m a fan of Alia Bhatt and Allu Arjun. I feel Alia is a part of my family, and I always admire her work. I like the way she has matured as an actor in the last few years. She has creative intelligence, and that’s why I really like her growth and the way she has conducted herself in public. Whenever there’s a discussion, I refuse to accept anything negative about her. Alia is a great example of how an actor should mature.”