Delhi HC dismisses petition seeking stay on The Accidental Prime Minister release

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

Akshaye Khanna not worried by defamation case, welcomes ‘debate’

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

After initial veto demand, Congress party decides to ignore The Accidental Prime Minister as ‘BJP propaganda film’

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

The Accidental Prime Minister is a love story between Manmohan Singh and Sanjaya Baru, says Anupam Kher

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

Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh is a studied act

After the trailer of Thackeray, on the life of the late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, came out yesterday, we now get a glimpse of another political film, The Accidental Prime Minister, on Manmohan Singh’s stint as India’s prime minister. The film is based on the 2014 book, The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking … Read more

The Accidental Prime Minister delayed as post-production is incomplete: Director Vijay Gutte

Anupam Kher will next be seen in The Accidental Prime Minister where he steps into the shoes of India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh. The film was due to be released on 21 December, but has now been delayed.  With the Congress party winning in three of the four states in the recent assembly elections, … Read more