# Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2016)

> An ambitious Indian business student is pulled into a lethal ideological conspiracy after championing a radical market-based solution to poverty.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/261370

## Facts

- Runtime: 114 min
- Genres: Thriller, Crime
- Director: Vivek Agnihotri
- Cast: Anupam Kher, Arunoday Singh, Mahie Gill, Pallavi Joshi, Gopal Singh, Aanchal Dwivedi
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1890363/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, suspicious, polemical, political film night, indian cinema marathon

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