The Mohanlal-starrer is high on intrigue and suspense

The highly anticipated trailer of Prithviraj Sukumaran’s directorial debut Lucifer with Mohanlal in the title role landed on YouTube on Wednesday night. The first impression of the nearly three-and-a-half-minute trailer is that Lucifer is a political thriller high on intrigue and suspense. Going by the trailer, it looks like the story revolves around a highly valued political leader … Read more

‘Chowkidar’ turns larger-than-life on-screen hero

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

Two shots from PM Narendra Modi trailer have been removed

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

Modi will be re-elected, predicts PM Narendra Modi producer Sandeep Ssingh

Producer Sandeep Ssingh has said his forthcoming film PM Narendra Modi will look at the human side of India’s prime minister as much as the political side. “Everybody looks at him as a political figure,” Sandeep Ssingh said. “I think it is time to look at political figures as human beings also. He is a simple … 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

Vivek Oberoi turns into prime minister Narendra Modi

Vivek Anand Oberoi is playing India’s prime minister Narendra Modi in his biopic titled PM Narendra Modi. The makers have revealed the actor’s nine looks from the movie depicting different periods in Modi’s life. One gets to see the protagonist as a simple villager, a youngster dressed in formals, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member, … Read more

Vivek Oberoi’s PM Narendra Modi to be released on 12 April

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

Narendra Gupta and Yatin Karkeyar join the cast of PM Narendra Modi

Veteran actor Narendra Gupta and Marathi film actor Yatin Karyekar are the latest to join the cast of the biopic on India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. Veteran trade analyst Komal Nahta shared the news. Titled PM Narendra Modi, the film is directed by Omung Kumar and produced by Sandeep Ssingh and Suresh Oberoi. Gupta will … Read more

Boman Irani to play Ratan Tata in Narendra Modi biopic

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