Say hello to the cast of The Accidental Prime Minister.
Clue: It's an actor who has just bagged his first BAFTa nom...
Deepa Gahlot lists Hindi biopics about Indian political leaders: Some worked, some did not, but they managed to avoid controversy.
Hansal Mehta will write the screenplay; debutante Vijay Gutte will direct the film.
'We have worked hard to make a big epic homage to a man, scholar and politician, who is misunderstood.'
The hits and misses of the week.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath said that he 'doesn't have any intent to impose a ban or any prohibition on any movie'.
'People, who are objecting to the movie now, should have objected in 2014 when the book came out. But nobody did.'
The Congress leaders maintained that such propaganda against the party would not work and the truth shall prevail.
'People have a certain perception about my political leanings -- and rightly so.' 'But I am an actor first, and then an activist.' 'And I am not an accidental actor.' 'There was no way I was going to be dishonest with my acting,' Anupam Kher tells Veenu Sandhu.
'Whenever you see him on television or anywhere else, he gives off grandfatherly vibes.'
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