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Kolkata: Director Vivek Agnihotri faces protests in JU

| | May 07, 2016, at 12:47 am
Kolkata, May 6 (IBNS): Director Vivek Agnihotri faced protests in Kolkata's Jadavpur University on Friday where the screening of his film 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam' was scheduled.

Agnihotri tweeted images where his was seen surrounded by protesters.

He tweeted: "Massive protest against me and the film. They are breaking the car apart. Help needed."

The screening of the film has been reportedly cancelled.

Vivek Agnihotri made his directorial debut with Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets and followed it with Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal and the erotic thriller Hate Story.

Buddha in a Traffic Jam, a new age political drama is his next scheduled release on May 13.

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