‘The Vaccine War’: Vivek Agnihotri’s film to be included in the Oscar library permanently

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri took to social media to share that his directorial ‘The Vaccine War’ will be a part of the 'permanent core collection' of the Oscar Library.

In his tweet, the director shared that he had received a mail from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences regarding the same.

Sharing the screenshot of the email, Agnihotri wrote on X, ‘I am proud that the script of #TheVaccineWar #ATrueStory has been invited and accepted into the ‘Academy Collections’ by the library of p:/Oscars.org. I am happy that for hundreds of years more and more serious people will read this great story of Indian superheroes (sic).’

Vivek Agnihotri received the email from the academy on October 3.

Academy’s letter

The managing librarian at the academy wrote, ‘We here in the library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are interested in acquiring a copy of the screenplay THE VACCINE WAR for the permanent core collection, made available for study only in our reading room; scripts never circulate from the building and all copying is strictly forbidden. We are a research library freely open to all--students, filmmakers, and writers as well as those with general interests make up our user profile (sic).’

The mail added, ‘Might you be able to provide a PDF of the shooting script for the collection? We make such files digitally accessible only in our reading room, behind our firewall.’

About the film

‘The Vaccine War’ was released in the theatres on September 28, 2023. The film shows how Indian scientists fought COVID-19 and created a vaccine against the virus.

The film stars Nana Patekar, Sapthami Gowda, Pallavi Joshi, and Raima Sen in lead roles.

The role of the scientists was played by Nana, Sapthami, Pallavi, while Raima portrayed the role of a journalist.

Anupam Kher, Nivedita Bhattacharya and Mohan Kapur also have pivotal parts in the film.

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