The infamous night of 26 November 2008 will remain an unforgettable one for any resident or traveller in Mumbai. The city was beseiged by one of the most fearsome and notorious terrorist attacks in the country’s history. Yet, the night also brought out stories of survival, courage and kindness from the most unlikely common residents … Read more
A film based on the tenure of a former prime minister is not expected to have songs. If you do hear one, it is perhaps done more for reasons of marketing than any actual requirement in the script. And yet, director Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and music composer Sadhu Tiwari give us a pleasant surprise with ‘Om … Read more
Veteran actor Anupam Kher put up a tweet yesterday announcing the release of The Accidental Prime Minister (2019) in Pakistan. He also put up a list of theatres, urging people in the neighbouring country to watch his film. He wrote, “#TheAccidentalPrimeMinister releases in Pakistan today. Here is the list of theatres. @TAPMofficial.” This led to … Read more
The demand from the Maharashtra Youth Congress to prevent screenings of Vijay Gutte’s The Accidental Prime Minister was met with some consternation. However, the party itself has now chosen to back down from its initial demand. After the opposition to the film, state Youth Congress chief Satyajeet Tambe Patil tweeted that the party has decided to … Read more
First-time director Vijay Gutte’s The Accidental Prime Minister, the trailer of which was released today, is about the tenure of Manmohan Singh as prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. The film, based on the book of the same name by Manmohan Singh’s first media adviser, former editor Sanjaya Baru, stars Anupam Kher in the … Read more
His last film, The Accidental Prime Minister, failed to make much of an impression, but Anupam Kher is now looking up to his next, One Day: Justice Delivered, slated for a summer 2019 release. Kher unveiled the first look of the film and he apears to be playing a lawyer. The actor unveiled the poster … Read more
A lawyer from Muzaffarpur in Bihar registered a case on Wednesday, 2 January, against actors Anupam Kher and Akshaye Khanna for allegedly defaming the image of some top politicians of the country in their forthcoming film The Accidental Prime Minister. Akshaye Khanna has now reacted to the case. “Let the court decide if this is true,” said … Read more
The Delhi High court division bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and V Kameswar Rao dismissed the PIL filed by designer Pooja Mahajan challenging the certificate granted by the Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) to The Accidental Prime Minister. The bench refused to entertain the PIL on the grounds that the petitioner had no … Read more
Justice Vibhu Bakhru of the Delhi high court has dismissed a petition seeking a stay on the release of the film The Accidental Prime Minister. The film, directed by Vijay Gutte, stars Anupam Kher as former Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh. “Single bench of the Delhi High Court refuses to entertain the plea seeking a … Read more
The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out “pre-emptive strikes” on Jaish-e-Mohammed bases in Pakistan early on Tuesday morning. The strikes were in retaliation of the Pulwama terror attacks on 14 February, for which the organisation had claimed responsibilty. While social media praised the move, the film industry came out in full support of the military … Read more