Journey Of A Common Man trailer: Umesh Shukla’s web-series holds more promise

Director Omung Kumar’s film PM Narendra Modi, starring Vivek Anand Oberoi, will hit the screens on 5 April. Director Umesh Shukla is going to launch his web-series on India’s prime minister Narendra Modi soon.   Titled Modi – Journey Of A Common Man, the web-series will be streamed on Eros International’s online video-on-demand service, Eros … Read more

‘Namo Namo’ is like an election campaign video

There is an ongoing debate in the media and with social media users as to whether the film PM Narendra Modi is a publicity material for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and India’s prime minister Narendra Modi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections starting next month. The makers have, obviously, denied it.  No connection … Read more

Javed Akhtar, Sameer credited for old songs, says PM Narendra Modi producer Sandip Ssingh

Sandip Ssingh, producer of the forthcoming biopic on prime minister Narendra Modi, has issued a statement clarifying the use of the names of top lyricists Javed Akhtar and Sameer in the trailer for the film, PM Narendra Modi. “T-series being the official music partner of our film, we have taken the songs ‘Ishwar Allah’ from the film … Read more

Vivek Anand Oberoi reacts to the Cobrapost ‘Operation Karaoke’ sting

Last month a sting operation carried out by the non-profit media house Cobrapost showed a number of Hindi film personalities willing to put out posts on their social media handles favouring a particular political party for the Lok Sabha polls in return for large sums of money. This included Vivek Anand Oberoi, who is starring in … Read more

DMK, NCP write to Election Commission seeking stay on PM Narendra Modi release

Just a couple of days after the launch of the trailer of Omung Kumar’s PM Narendra Modi, reports have emerged of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a leading political party in Tamil Nadu, writing to the Election Commission and requesting a stay on the film’s release. The Hindu newspaper reported that Arasu Bupathi, of the DMK’s … Read more

After Javed Akhtar, lyricist Sameer Anjaan also denies writing lyrics for PM Narendra Modi

Omung Kumar’s PM Narendra Modi biopic is generating some unwanted controversy on the eve of the general election for the party in power. On Friday, lyricist Javed Akhtar issued a denial on social media regarding his name appearing in the trailer for the film. He was soon followed by another veteran lyricist, Sameer Anjaan, issuing a … Read more