Vivek Agnihotri's film 'The Vaccine War' to be included in the Oscar library permanently

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• Oct 12, 2023 | Guriya Khatun

Vivek stated in a tweet that the 2023 release will be a part of the Oscar library.

Digital Desk: The Vaccine War, directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, will soon be a part of the "permanent core collection" of the Oscar Library, the filmmaker said in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter).

Vivek stated in a tweet that the 2023 release will be a part of the Oscar library. The director stated that he had received a letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences regarding the matter.

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).”

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Email from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Vivek Agnihotri received the email from the academy on October 3. In the email, 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 further 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 movie

On September 28, 2023, The Vaccine War hit theatres. The movie tells the story of the victory of Indian researchers who battled COVID-19 and developed a vaccine for it. Pallavi Joshi, Raima Sen, Nana Patekar, and Sapthami Gowda play the leading parts. Nana, Sapthami, and Pallavi took on the roles of the scientists, while Raima took on the part of the journalist. In the movie, which also features Nivedita Bhattacharya and Mohan Kapur, Anupam Kher plays a significant role.