Buddha in a Traffic Jam

an eye opener movie for youth and a must watch movie of the decade. go for it and be the part of revolution. I am Buddha.... every Indian must watch this movie. Vivek Agnihotri has directed master piece. amazing music.. great song sang by Pallavi Joshi... ROhit Sharma has created the best music of the year.. Great editing wore done by Sattyajit Gazmer.... and over all 5 stars out of 5.... Requested to Vivek Sir to make such movies to open eyes of Indian Youth ... Proud to be an Indian and proud to be having great cinema like this.. I am with BUDDHA.. and YES.. I am BUDDHA.. Always looking forward for such kind of movies and this is must watch movie for every Indian who is inside the India or out side the India..

There is a Buddha in each of us who is stuck in traffic jam of regressive societal norms. Watch this movie if you still have that fighter alive in you who disagrees to get defeated by obstacles. The film portrays the spirit of a true leader, a visionary who is unafraid to walk alone!

One of the most revolutionary films of the recent times. Great performances by Anupam Kher, Arunoday Singh, Mahie Gill, Pallavi Joshi and Aanchal Dwivedi. Each of them have put their heart and soul into the character.

I now understand why the movie rattles some sections of the society! Because it exposes their truth. I never knew our country is so deeply infected by Naxals. Watch it if you really want to know how these Leftists and Naxalities work! A huge round of applause for the director Vivek Agnihotri for showing the truth in the manner it should be shown, without polishing, in its pure raw form!

I believe that good cinemas need to earn good money so let us all support movies like Buddha In A Traffic Jam, Nil Battey Sannatta, Masaan. Such movies leave you motivated and ignite the fire within you! Must watch.

This is an eye opener movie.. which shows the actual time and present era of India.. a good direction by Vivek Agnihotri.nice screen play and a unique mathod of story telling ,hard hitting dailogs by writers of the movie,good music by Rohit Sharma. background music is complementing with the screen play,outstanding performance by the starcast..Anupam Kher,Arunoday singh; Mahi Gill,great come back of Pallavi Joshi. real story with real characters are indicating the actual and real scenerio of present India which is highly appriciated. now as a youth of India after watching this movie has to take our stand and to take step towords revolution.i m with Buddha and proud to b a part of revolution by watching this movie...... MUST WATCH

Director Vivek Agnihotri's political drama Buddha In A Traffic Jam attempts to make you believe that uprooting the 'Left fraternity' is need of the hour, and perhaps the biggest challenge before the next generation, which wants to uplift the poor rather than glorify poverty.

Buddha in a traffic jam could arguably be the first movie falling under the 'parallel cinema' category which does not romanticize with the 'Left'. Vivek Agnihotri appears to be antidote to the narrative of Neo- realism which has been established over the years by the likes of Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, etc. And the flawless Anupam Kher looks to champion the cause of the Right, which Balraj Sahni did for the Left.

The title of the movie does not give out much of the storyline. But it is not difficult to guess that the name is in fact, a metaphor; it is not just unusual but conveys a deeper message. This movie is about how a smart management student studying in one of the biggest B-schools in India and the world, with fresh and noble ideas, gets entangled in the murky world of politics and corruption. The movie tries to expose the sinister nexus between the Naxals, NGOs, academia and the acclaimed scholars and their motives and does it in a quite unabashed way. It explores how students in certain universities are systematically brainwashed to become intellectual terrorists.

The movie also examines the themes of moral policing, campus politics, plight of the adivasis living in tribal areas and the middlemen who eat up all the money before it reaches the intended recipients. The movie pokes its viewers by questioning whether India, a young nation ridden with corruption and poverty, can indeed become a superpower with its never-ending fight between socialism and capitalism.

The protagonist of the movie, Vikram Pandit, played beautifully and confidently by Arunoday Singh stands for Buddha, a learned person who has ideas and the zeal to bring about a change in the society. But he can't really attain enlightenment because he is stuck in the traffic jam of bribery, dishonesty, socialism, capitalism, the system and the establishment. Anupam Kher plays the economics professor, Prof. Batki in a very understated but effective manner and the range of emotions he shows in the movie look so effortless. Pallavi Joshi and Mahi Gill play their characters with grace and poise, just what the film needed.

A movie such as this is hard to release in India; finding the distributors is a nightmare. Small budgets don't allow the movie to be strongly marketed; it deters the film from reaching all its target viewers. A must watch for all students, their teachers, the intellectuals and the establishment, this film is indeed one of the most hard-hitting movies to come out so far this year. When Vivek Agnihotri in a response to an answer said, "India needs freedom from mediocrity, inefficiency and incompetence", I couldn't agree more. Kudos to the director who has dared to make a film on such a topic with utmost passion and sincerity. I hope this jewel does not get lost in the traffic jam of Indian cinema as another fine movie which couldn't reach its audience.