With former prime minister Manmohan Singh becoming the subject of a movie in The Accidental Prime Minister, it is time for his successor, Narendra Modi to have one of his own. The prime minister of India will be the subject of Omung Kumar’s next biopic, titled PM Narendra Modi. The lead role will be played … Read more
In his first public speech after the Pulwama suicide bombing of 14 February 2019 and the retaliatory Indian Air Force strike inside Pakistan 13 days later, prime minister Narendra Modi had famously said, “Saugandh mujhe iss mitti ki, main desh nahi mittne doonga [I swear on my motherland, I won’t let this country be destroyed].” Lyricist Prasoon … Read more
The trailer of prime minister Narendra Modi’s biopic, titled PM Narendra Modi, was launched last afternoon at a suburban multiplex in Mumbai. Normally, film trailers are released online minutes after they have been screened at launch events. But the trailer for PM Narendra Modi failed to appear online until well past midnight. When asked the reason … Read more
PM Narendra Modi, a biopic on prime minister Narendra Modi, starring Vivek Oberoi, is set to be released on 12 April. Interestingly, the film is scheduled for release just one day after the first phase of polling for the seventeenth Lok Sabha. The election is being held in seven phases. Vivek Anand Oberoi plays the lead role … Read more
Actor Vivek Oberoi’s turn as prime minister Narendra Modi will also see Boman Irani play industrialist Ratan Tata. The film is directed by Omung Kumar, and will also feature Barkha Bisht as Modi’s wife, Jashodaben, and Zarina Wahab as his mother, Heeraben. The actor’s look, dressed in a dapper black suit, was released by Kumar … Read more
The official announcement of a biopic on India’s prime minister Narendra Modi and the launch of the film’s poster took place today in Mumbai. Titled PM Narendra Modi, the film will see Vivek Oberoi play the prime minister. Vivek Oberoi’s father, veteran actor Suresh Oberoi, is co-producing the film while Omung Kumar will direct it. This will … Read more
Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Thackeray (2019) showed the late Shiv Sena founder-leader Bal Keshav Thackeray as a hero of the masses of Maharashtra. But Narendra Modi’s character in his biopic PM Narendra Modi has been made to look so heroic that it ventures into the totally filmi zone. At least that is the impression you get when you … Read more