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Buddha In A Traffic Jam screening cancelled at Jadavpur University

PTI | By, Kolkata
May 06, 2016 02:25 PM IST

Inspired from Agnihotri’s own life, Buddha In A Traffic Jam deals with corruption and Maoism in a business school. It features actors like Mahie Gill, Aanchal Dwivedi, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, Arunoday Singh and Vivek Vaswani.

Screening of filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s political satire, Buddha In A Traffic Jam, has been cancelled at Jadavpur University due to state elections. The filmmaker took to Twitter on Friday and posted a letter that he received from the university , which states that the screening has been cancelled due to “model code of conduct prevailing due to state election”.

The poster of Buddha In A Traffic Jam. The film deals with corruption and Maoism in a business school.
The poster of Buddha In A Traffic Jam. The film deals with corruption and Maoism in a business school.

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The letter received from Alumni Association of the university to Agnihotri states: “I regret to inform you that due to model code of conduct prevailing due to state election, we are unable to allow you to screen the movie on ‘Buddha In A Traffic Jam’. Please bear with us. I instruct the office to refund the booking money. Thank you”.

Agnihotri who was here for the screening posted the letter with a caption saying: “I reached Kolkata in the morning for the screening of #BuddhaInATrafficJam at Jadavpur Univerdity but they cancelled it...”

“The cancellation of letter for the screening of “Buddha In A Traffic Jam” at Jadavpur Univ. What a lame excuse,” he added in the tweet.

Inspired from Agnihotri’s own life, Buddha In A Traffic Jam deals with corruption and Maoism in a business school. It features actors like Mahie Gill, Aanchal Dwivedi, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, Arunoday Singh and Vivek Vaswani.

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