''The Accidental Prime Minister'' is a 2019 Indian

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-language film directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and written by Mayank Tewari, based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by

Sanjaya Baru Sanjaya Baru is a political commentator and policy analyst. He served as Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) until his resignation in April 2018. Prior to this, he was Director for Geo-Economic ...

. It was produced by the Bohra Bros under Rudra Production (UK), in association with

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under the banner of

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. It stars Anupam Kher as Dr.

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indir ...

, the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014 under the

United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a centre-left political alliance of predominantly left-leaning political parties in India. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party ...

. The film was released on 11 January 2019. It earned a moderate opening of at the box office on its first day and as of January 24.

Plot

Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst

, ''The Accidental Prime Minister'' explores the tenure of

as the Prime Minister of India, and the interference of the Congress Party in contradicting his decisions during his first tenure. The movie details how Singh fell victim to the Congress Party's dynastic approach. The movie highlights how Manmohan Singh was constantly ignored by the Congress to maintain turf for

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, the son of

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Cast

* Anupam Kher as

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* Anasuya Mazumder as

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* Avtar Sahni as

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* Ajit Satbhai as

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* Chitragupta Sinha as

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* Munish Bhardwaj as

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*Atul Kumar as

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as T. K. A. Nair *

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as Subbu *Madan Joshi as

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* Pradeep Chakravarti as

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* Yogesh Tripathy as

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* Bobby Parvez as Pulok Chatterji *

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* Naval Shukla as

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* Deepak Dadwal as

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* Ashok Sagar Bhagat as Arjun Singh *

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as Amar Singh *

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*Aazam Khan as

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* Askari Naqvi as

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* Gull Jolly as

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* Sandeep Dhabale as

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* Poorti Arya as One of the Reporters *

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as One of the Reporters *

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as Cameo Appearance *

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as Cameo Appearance

Production

Principal photography begun on 31 March 2018 in

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. The London-based shooting schedule concluded on 21 April 2018. In India, most of the shoot occurred in

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which later wrapped up on 4 July 2018.

Marketing and release

The first look of the film was released on 6 June 2017 through Anupam Kher's official Twitter handle. New poster of the film giving date of release of the film. With launch of new poster the release date has been advanced to 11 January 2019. A new look poster of the film has been released by TAP official on 3 January 2019. The

version film was released on 11 January 2019 on 1300 screens in India and 140 in overseas. The

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and

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dubbed versions released on 18 January 2019.

Reception

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has given the film 3.5 stars out of 5, describing the film as "well-crafted" and Kher's portrayal of Manmohan Singh "a convincing act". Utkarsh Mishra reviewing the film for

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, gives the film 3.5 stars out of 5, observes that the movie if carefully watched comes out as "well made", he criticises Kher for over dramatising Singh's walking style. Saibal Chatterjee of

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gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, noting that “''The Accidental Prime Minister'' is neither hugely entertaining nor engagingly dramatic.” Shubra Gupta of

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sums up the retort: "''The Accidental Prime Minister'' is an out-an-out propaganda film, created for the specific purpose of making the former prime minister look like a weak, spineless man, a puppet whose strings were controlled by The Family".

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's Ronak Kotecha gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 stating "Bollywood has produced several political dramas that are intense, complex and dark, ''The Accidental Prime Minister'' has all of that in measured tones."

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's Umesh Punwani gave the film 2 stars out of 5 stating "A Silent Disappointment. Akshaye Khanna is outstanding. I could just watch this movie again to fast-forward and go through just his scenes."

Historical accuracy

Ajaz Ashraf writing for the ''

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'' felt that the trailer of the film seemed to suggest that

was the media adviser and chief spokesperson of Manmohan Singh during

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. However, Baru was only in this position during May 2004 to August 2008. The book ends in May 2009 when UPA returned to power following

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. Baru had written 14-page epilogue with speculations and questions which is used as a pivotal subject in the film.

Soundtrack

The single track is composed by Sandhu Tiwari while lyrics are written by Baba Ngarjun.

Controversy

In 2017, former Censor Board chief

Pahlaj Nihalani Pahlaj Nihalani is an Indian film producer. He was the former Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He was also the President of the Association of Pictures and TV Programme P ...

had said that the filmmakers will need to obtain a No-objection certificates from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and

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President

for the film. Ruling

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promoted the trailer through their official Twitter account. Reacting to this, a Congress spokesperson alleged that the film was "political propaganda". Upon the release of the trailer, the Congress party's Maharashtra youth wing in a letter to the producers of the films raised objections to the “incorrect presentation of the facts” and demanded a special screening of the film. They later withdrew the letter, intending to not publicize the film. On 2 January 2019, lead actor Anupam Kher tweeted that people were reporting that the film's trailer was unseen as a top search result while being directly searched for on

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. The newspaper ''

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'' conducted their own search, and confirmed Kher's allegations, noting that only after the following day was the trailer returned to its position as a top search result. This led to speculation that the trailer had initially been removed intentionally as part of an anti-propaganda campaign. On 8 January 2019, a local court in

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ordered FIR against Anupam Kher and thirteen other associated with the film for defaming political leaders.

References

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