Buddha in a Traffic Jam
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Buddha in a Traffic Jam is a 2016 Indian socio-political drama film that critiques corruption and the nexus between academia, activism, and Naxalism.
All labels observed (1)
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| Buddha in a Traffic Jam canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddha in a Traffic Jam Context triple: [Sanjay Suri, notableWork, Buddha in a Traffic Jam]
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A.
Buddah Bless
Buddah Bless is a hip-hop record producer known for crafting energetic, hard-hitting beats for prominent rap artists.
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B.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia is a 1993 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Hanif Kureishi’s novel, that explores race, class, and identity in 1970s suburban London.
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C.
Buddha and the Chocolate Box
"Buddha and the Chocolate Box" is a 1974 studio album by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens that blends folk-rock with spiritual and introspective themes.
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D.
Bodhisattva of the Future
Bodhisattva of the Future is a revered Buddhist figure prophesied to appear in a coming age to attain full enlightenment and teach the Dharma anew for the benefit of all beings.
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E.
Moment of Zen
Moment of Zen is the brief, often humorous or absurd closing clip that traditionally ends episodes of The Daily Show.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddha in a Traffic Jam Target entity description: Buddha in a Traffic Jam is a 2016 Indian socio-political drama film that critiques corruption and the nexus between academia, activism, and Naxalism.
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A.
Buddah Bless
Buddah Bless is a hip-hop record producer known for crafting energetic, hard-hitting beats for prominent rap artists.
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B.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia is a 1993 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Hanif Kureishi’s novel, that explores race, class, and identity in 1970s suburban London.
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C.
Buddha and the Chocolate Box
"Buddha and the Chocolate Box" is a 1974 studio album by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens that blends folk-rock with spiritual and introspective themes.
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D.
Bodhisattva of the Future
Bodhisattva of the Future is a revered Buddhist figure prophesied to appear in a coming age to attain full enlightenment and teach the Dharma anew for the benefit of all beings.
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E.
Moment of Zen
Moment of Zen is the brief, often humorous or absurd closing clip that traditionally ends episodes of The Daily Show.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film
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film ⓘ socio-political drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn | experiences of Vivek Agnihotri with Indian academia ⓘ |
| cinematography | Attar Singh Saini ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | India ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Maoist insurgency in India
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NGO funding networks ⓘ left-wing academia ⓘ |
| director | Vivek Agnihotri ⓘ |
| distributor | Viva Pictures ⓘ |
| editingBy | Sanjeev Shukla ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | India ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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political film ⓘ |
| hasPoster | Buddha in a Traffic Jam theatrical release poster ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Naxalism
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academia-activism nexus ⓘ campus politics ⓘ corruption ⓘ left-wing extremism in India ⓘ |
| language | Hindi ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Vikram Pandit ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Rohit Sharma ⓘ |
| notableScreening |
Indian Institute of Technology and management institute campus screenings
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Jawaharlal Nehru University screening controversy ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Buddha in a Traffic Jam ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian political cinema ⓘ |
| politicalAlignmentAsPerCritics | right-leaning ⓘ |
| portrays |
Naxalite–urban intellectual nexus
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conflict between free market ideas and left-wing ideology ⓘ student activism in India ⓘ |
| producer |
Suresh Chukkapalli
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Vivek Agnihotri ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 13 May 2016 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 114 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| starring |
Anchal Dwivedi
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Anupam Kher ⓘ Arunoday Singh ⓘ Mahie Gill ⓘ Pallavi Joshi ⓘ Vikram Gokhale ⓘ |
| writer | Vivek Agnihotri ⓘ |
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