Much ado about Accidental PM #the controversy
NEW DELHI: With The Accidental Prime Minister,
a film on former PM Manmohan Singh, creating a flutter
in political circles, the Congress on Friday changed its tack. Only hours after
some of its leaders talked about previewing, censoring or banning the film, the
party decided to ignore it. In Madhya Pradesh, having ended 15 years of BJP
rule, the party is shrugging it off. 'The film is so lowdown that we don’t even
want to discuss it. We don’t want to give any unnecessary publicity to this film
by protesting against it, " Congress leader Narendra Saluja, said,
effectively shutting down
Congress leaders like Syed Zakir, who had said the film
would not be allowed in the state.On cue, a leader in Maharashtra withdrew his demand
for a preview of the movie that features internal party politics at the time
fromthe perspective of journalist Sanjaya Bare, who was Manmohan Singh’s media advisor
in 2004-8.
“As BJP has tweeted trailer of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister
movie from their official Twitter handle... it is now evident that it is BJP’s propaganda / campaign
movie... hence we don’t even want to see this campaign
movie of BJP and we withdraw- our demand of special screening," tweeted
Maharashtra Youth Congress leader Satyajeet Tambe
Patil.Satyajeet Tambe Patil had written to the producers of the Anupam
Kher-starrer asking for a special screening before the movie’s launch on January
11. He wrote that
from the trailer it appeared “facts have been
played with and presented in incorrect manner with regards to the ex-prime
minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress party to
malign the image of the party."The ruling BJP gave its endorsement to the trailer
by tweeting it along with a glowing review'. Riveting tale of how a family held
the country to ransom for 10 long years. Was Dr Singh just a regent who was
holding on to the PM’s chair till the
time heir was ready?
Watch the official trailer of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister,
based on an insider’s account releasing on 11 Jan! Anupam Kher, whose wife
Kirron Kher is a BJP lawmaker, calls the film a game-changer in political biopics.
Asked during the trailer launch if the BJP, which lost three state elections
recently to the Congress, could use the film to its advantage in the campaign
for the 2019 national election due by May. the actor said, “If I would have been
in politics I would have definitely told them to do so. But I am an actor, they will
decide."
