The Vaccine War

"A war you didn't know you fought. And won."

2023 2h 40m HI

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★5.9TMDB · 19★7.1IMDB · 25,440

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Synopsis

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Faced with the catastrophic challenge of fighting a global crisis like no other, Indian scientists take on the mantle of producing vaccine despite not having enough resources and infrastructure to save the nation's sixteen million citizens.

“A war you didn't know you fought. And won.”

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Cast

Nana Patekar
Dr. Balram Bhargava
Pallavi Joshi
Dr. Priya Abraham
Sapthami Gowda
Raima Sen
Rohini Singh Dhulia
Girija Oak
Dr. Nivedita Gupta
Mohan Kapur
Nivedita Bhattacharya
Dr. Pragya D. Yadav
Anupam Kher

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vivek Agnihotri
Writers: Vivek Agnihotri
Languages: English, Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.

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WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, shot by Uday Singh Mohite. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rohit Sharma. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Shankh Rajadhyaksha shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vivek Agnihotri directs. Uday Singh Mohite behind the camera. Rohit Sharma scores. Shankh Rajadhyaksha cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in English, Hindi.

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1Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 3 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, shot by Uday Singh Mohite. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Rohit Sharma. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Shankh Rajadhyaksha shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Nana Patekar and Pallavi Joshi and Sapthami Gowda carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "A war you didn't know you fought. And won.".
11IMDB entry: tt23554840 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.