The Accidental Prime Minister Opens to Major Positive Reviews, Anupam Kher-Akshaye Khanna Lauded For Their Performance, Read Tweets

Helmed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, the film is based on a book by Sanjaya Baru with the same title.

Love them, hate them but you can’t just ignore their stellar performance in The Accidental Prime Minister as per Twitterati, who are lauding Anupam Kher and Akshaye Khanna ever since the movie released today. The movie, whose trailer was marred with controversies since Day 1, opened to houseful theatres today even though it was tagged as propaganda in the political arena, sprouting tensions for the filmmakers and the cast alike, long before its release.

Helmed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, the film is based on a book by Sanjaya Baru with the same title. Sanjay was the former media advisor of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In the film, Anupam Kher is seen essaying the role of Dr. Manmohan Singh while Akshaye Khanna is seen playing the role of Baru. Amidst all the obstacles, the film hit the cinemas today and this is what Twitterati had to say:

That moment when you start believing "content is star" when even Anupam kher's movie shows housefull sign.#TheAccidentalPrimeMinister

— Ritesh Surana (@SuranaRitesh) January 11, 2019

Watched #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister. Its an interesting movie to watch. @AnupamPKher is superb!he looks,walks,speaks like Dr Manmohan singh. Mannerisms well captured n depicted by Mr Kher. But its #AkshayKhanna who stand out in d whole movie. Interesting casting n crisp editing!

— Sumit Awasthi (@awasthis) January 10, 2019

Just watched #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister

Superb Acting by @AnupamPKher Ji

A must watch movie

this movie has many villains but definitely Dr. Manmohan Singh will be a Hero after this movie

— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) January 10, 2019

For a while, I forgot that he is @AnupamPKher not MMS, what an actin by kher.

Just watched #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister

— Tushar Makwana (@tusharmakwana5) January 10, 2019

Forget the pols…. #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister is one of the bravest film to happn in d recent times. After seeing the film,it makes my heart swell wth pride that @AnupamPKher is an Indian actor and one of the greatest in the world …. (followed in the thread)

— Priyanka Ghatak (@priyankaghatak) January 10, 2019

"Prime minister Ko kya karna hogs ye NAC decide karegi?" – MMS @AnupamPKher is brilliant 👍#TheAccidentalPrimeMinister

— Ratan Sharda 🇮🇳 रतन शारदा (@RatanSharda55) January 10, 2019

Every Indian Should watch #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister

Superb Acting by @AnupamPKher Ji

A must watch movie

The movie has many villains but Dr. Manmohan Singh will be a Hero after this movie for sure

— Mrigank Tyagi (@TheMrigankTyagi) January 10, 2019

Absolutely brilliant Movie. It phenomenally raises bar of Dr. Manmohan Singh ji. I truly wish Dr. Singh to be bold at least now & share his experiences before public. Brilliant performance by all Actors. Thanks to Producers & #SanjayaBaru for his book#TheAccidentalPrimeMinister pic.twitter.com/KH0Da11AdI

— Tejinder Singh Renu (@bobbyrenu) January 10, 2019

Half way through #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister N hv so much more respect for #DrManMohanSingh. This film needed to be made. @MovieTalkies

— pankhurie mulasi (@pankhurie) January 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/KoshurRohit/status/1083599527284592640

Just watched #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister screening at @_PVRCinemas

Superb Acting by @AnupamPKher Ji

A must watch movie.

— ROHIT CHAHAL (@rohit_chahal) January 10, 2019

🙏🙏#theaccidentalprimeminister It's a wonderful film with some brilliant performances. Very proud of @anupampkher and all the effort he has put into this role. You are brilliant brother and make even a challenging role like this one look easy. Love you and best of luck.🙏

— Raju Kher (@RajuKher1) January 10, 2019

Earlier, Anupam Kher had said that films like The Accidental Prime Minister should be sent to Oscars. The actor was talking to the entertainment portal, Spotboye, and explained how The Accidental Prime Minister is different from most Indians films that are popular and are sent to coveted film awards. He had said, “For how long can we keep selling the poverty of India, the backwardness of India, the backward class of India, the class distinction in India, the elephants in India, the monkeys in India? This is a movie which talks about modern Indian politics, made with amazing amount of brilliance by the directors and the producers and the cast is phenomenal. We should send this kind of movie for Oscars.”

The veteran actor had been defending the content of his film after many people criticised it for hitting the theatres before Lok Sabha elections. In fact, the trailer of the film too got vanished from YouTube. The same was reported by Kher himself on his social media.