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
Hindi films with a political plot have always received flak in the country. Actress Aahana Kumra, whose latest outing The Accidental Prime Minister (2019) was termed a “propaganda film”, says constant interference of politicians will scare away filmmakers from making such movies. In the past too, movies like Manto (2018), Indu Sarkar (2017), Airlift (2016) … Read more
After proving himself as one of the finest young actors in recent times, Vicky Kaushal is now keen to prove that he is a commercially viable actor as well. Uri: The Surgical Strike is off to an impressive start after it bagged Rs8.25 crore nett on its opening day, as reported by BoxOfficeIndia.com. Directed by Aditya Dhar, Uri: … 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
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
Much before The Accidental Prime Minister (2019), actor Akshaye Khanna was offered another real-life character which he couldn’t do. He was offered the important role of late actor Sunil Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju (2018), the biopic on Sanjay Dutt in which Ranbir Kapoor played the titular role. Khanna will be playing the real-life character … 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
Vijay Gutte, director of The Accidental Prime Minister Vijay Gutte, has cleared the air over his arrest last year for alleged GST [Goods and Services Tax] fraud while he was making the film. He was granted bail soon after. During an interaction for his film, he gave his version on the entire matter. Gutte said … 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 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