Anupam Kher played the role of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the biopic ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’. , Photo courtesy: PTI
A war of words has broken out between veteran actors Anupam Kher and Hansal Mehta regarding their film. The Accidental Prime Minister The filmmaker agreed with a journalist that the 2019 political drama was full of “lies” about former PM Manmohan Singh.
Singh, the architect of India’s economic reforms, died on Thursday night at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi at the age of 92. He served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014.
It all started with a post by senior journalist Veer Sanghvi, who on Friday labeled The Accidental Prime MinisterWhich was based on the memoir of Singh’s former media advisor Sanjay Baru, “one of the worst Hindi films ever made”.
Featuring Kher as former Prime Minister Singh and actor Akshaye Khanna as Baru, the film was directed by Vijay Gutte and depicted political events and decisions during Singh’s leadership, including his challenges as Prime Minister. And the focus was on the influence of the Congress Party on his administration.
“If you want to remember the lies told about Manmohan Singh then you should watch again The Accidental Prime MinisterNot only is it one of the worst Hindi films ever made, it is an example of how the media was used to tarnish the name of a good man,” Sanghvi wrote. x,
Mehta, 56, shared Sanghvi’s post and captioned it, “+100.” In an earlier post, the filmmaker had condoled Singh’s demise and said the nation should apologize to him.
“More than anyone else, I am indebted to him. Whatever the compulsion or intention, it is a regret that I will carry with a very heavy heart. Sorry sir. Because of your achievements as an economist, finance minister and prime minister Besides, you were, Mehta had posted, an honorable man – a rare gentleman in a profession dominated by goons.
However, Mehta’s support of Sanghvi’s post angered Kher, who called the filmmaker a “hypocrite”. He also revealed that Mehta served as the creative director of the film.
“There is no hypocrite @virsanghvi in ​​this thread. They have the freedom not to like any film. But @mehtahansal was the #CreativeDirector of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister. Who was present during the entire shooting of the film in England! He wrote, I am giving my creative input and may have also charged fees for it. Kher said that although he does not agree with Sanghvi’s opinion, he believes that artists are “capable of doing bad or indifferent work”.
Additionally, Kher dug into Mehta’s old posts where the filmmaker had congratulated him and Khanna as well as Gutte for their work in the film. While sharing the post he wrote, “Without any comment.” Mehta, who also played the role of former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik The Accidental Prime MinisterResponding, he said that he always accepts his mistakes.
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“And I can admit that I made a mistake. Can’t I sir? I did my job as professionally as I was allowed. Can you deny it? But that doesn’t mean I have to keep defending the film or it will take away my impartiality about the error in judgment.”
In another post, the director apologized to the actor for inadvertently hurting him and said that he can clarify the situation with Kher at any appropriate time.
published – December 28, 2024 03:06 PM IST
