Anupam Kher as​ ​The Accidental Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. ​Watch the trailer now.​

An​ adaptation from the controversial book by Sanjaya Baru, Singh’s ​former ​media advisor​, you don’t want to miss the trailer of The Accidental Prime Minister​. It might be safe to say that the film will be more controversial.​ The film follows the life and journey of the 14th Prime Minister of India​ during his tenure. And the trailer gives you a glimpse into the scathing representation made of the Gandhi family’s nepotist attitude with regards to the Indian National Congress.

The film stars Anupam Kher​ as Dr. Manmohan Singh​, Akshaye Khanna​ as Sanjaya Baru​, Suzanne Bernert​ as Sonia Gandhi​, Aahana Kumra​ as Priyanka Gandhi​, Arjun Mathur​ as Rahul Gandhi​,​ ​and Divya Seth​ Shah as Gursharan Kaur, Singh’s wife​. ​The directorial debut by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte​, the film’s creative producer is the king of biopics, Hansal Mehta. The screenplay has been written by Mayank Tewari, Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, Karl Dunne and Aditya Sinha​.​

Policy analyst ​Baru ​was Dr. Singh’s media advisor from May 2004 – May 2008, while Dr Singh was PM until May 2014. The book was published in April 2014, when the PMO dismissed it as a work of ‘fiction’.​

Propaganda by the BJP or just good commerce decisions by filmmakers, it is interesting to note the three politico films releasing in 2019 in a run up to the April – May 2019 Lok Sabha elections are Uri, Thackeray and ​The Accidental Prime Minister. The Accidental Prime Minister and Uri release on January 11, 2019. Thackeray releases on January 25, 2019.