Vivek Agnihotri announces 'The Vaccine War'

Mumbai: Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri announced his next movie titled 'The Vaccine War'.

The director, who achieved commercial success with 'The Kashmir Files', took to 'Twitter' to share details of his new project.

"Presenting 'The Vaccine War', an incredible true story of a war that you didn't know India fought and won with its science, courage and great Indian values," he wrote.

Agnihotri said the movie will release on August 15 next year in 11 languages - Hindi, English, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Urdu and Assamese.

"It will be released on Independence Day, 2023, in 11 languages. Please bless us," he said.

The director also unveiled the poster for the film.

The feature project will be produced by Agnihotri's actor wife Pallavi Joshi's 'I Am Buddha Productions' and Abhishek Agarwal via his banner 'Abhishek Agarwal Arts'.

Joshi said 'The Vaccine War' is a tribute to the endless support and dedication of the medical fraternity and scientists.

"This film celebrates the triumph of our excellent bioscientists. The vaccine war is our tribute to their sacrifice, dedication and hard work," she said.

The makers have not announced the cast yet. However, veteran actor Anupam Kher recently told the top news agency he will be part of the movie.