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Veteran actor Anupam Kher has always been very vocal in his criticism for the Congress party and therefore it will be quite interesting to see him essay the role of former Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh of the UPA regime, in an upcoming political drama based on an adaptation of Sanjaya Baru’s The Accidental Prime Minister: The making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh. Today, the 62-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the first look of the film’s poster and we already can’t wait to see the versatile actor get into the skin of the former Prime Minister’s character.
Produced by Sunil Bohra of Bohra Bros banner and directed by newcomer Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, the movie is expected to bring to the fore the infamous scandals of the UPA government and the limitations of Manmohan Singh as the head of State and Government who continued to be subservient to Congress President Sonia Gandhi resulting in abysmal state of affairs in the country. The book that was launched at the time of parliamentary elections in 2014, led to a huge outburst within the party spurring the PM to almost quit. The movie is scheduled to release in December 2018, right before the 2019 general elections.
Anupam Kher in and as #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister… Directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte… Produced by Bohra Bros… First look poster: pic.twitter.com/s2sb2DIg5A
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 7, 2017
In an interview with Midday, director Gutte said, ” I am obliged to get a hold on the story that I truly believe has to be told with utmost honesty and integrity. A script as magnanimously relevant as this needed a perfect actor. I feel that the maturity and demeanour required to portray the Prime Minister’s role could have only been done by the versatile star, Anupam sir.” Kher, who has always reveled in challenges is looking forward to take up the challenge of playing this character, which he says is “culled from contemporary history”. (ALSO READ: Yay! Priyanka Chopra is coming back to Mumbai and we cannot hold our horses)
The actor was last seen in Naam Shabana that featured Akshay Kumar and Taapsee Pannu in the lead. He will also be seen in the much awaited movie, Toilet Ek Prem Katha, starring Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar and directed by Shree Narayan Singh. The movie is expected to release in August.
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