Anupam Kher and filmmaker Hansal Mehta are engaged in a virtual feud over the 2019 film, The Accidental Prime Minister. After the actor called Hansal a hypocrite, the filmmaker responded on Friday night by “admitting his mistake” for being a part of the film. So, what actually happened?
It all started when journalist Veer Sanghvi tweeted, “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, but it is an example of how the media was used to tarnish the name of a good man.”
Hansal responded to this by writing, “+100.”
This upset Anupam Kher, who played the protagonist Manmohan Singh, and he responded by criticizing the filmmaker.
“The hypocrite in this thread is not @virsanghvi. He has the freedom to not like a film,” the actor tweeted.
Calling out Hansal Mehta, the tweet further read, “But @mehtahansal was the #CreativeDirector of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister. Who was present during the entire shooting of the film in England! Was giving his creative inputs and may have also taken fees for it. So His 100% statement on #VirSanghvi’s comment is very messed up and full of double standards!”
“Not that I agree with Mr. Sanghvi, but we are all capable of doing bad or indifferent work. But we should own it. Not like #HansalMehta, who is trying to make some money from a certain section of people. Come on Hansal!! I still have all the videos and pictures from the shoot together!” The post ended with a strong condemnation of the filmmaker’s “double standards”.
See the post here:
There is no hypocrisy in this thread @VeersanghviThey have the freedom not to like any film. But @mehtahansal Was #creative director Of #The Accidental Prime MinisterWho was present during the entire shooting of the film in England! You are giving your creative input and may have also taken fees… https://t.co/tkr3H1ChyX
– Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) 27 December 2024
To this Hansal Mehta hit back and said, “Of course I own my mistakes Mr. Kher. And I can admit that I have made a mistake. Can’t I do that sir?”
Focusing on the point that it was just a job for him, which he completed with due commitment, the post further read, “I did my job as professionally as I was allowed. Can you deny that? Can? But that doesn’t mean I have to keep defending the film otherwise it will lose my objectivity regarding my error of judgement.”
Hansal Mehta ended the post by asking the veteran actor to “evaluate” others with the “same scale”.
It concluded, “Regarding the ridiculousness and hypocrisy, I respectfully submit that you are evaluating people by the same standard by which you evaluate yourself.”
See his tweet here:
Of course I own up to my mistakes, Mr. Kher. 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 make me lose my objectivity regarding my error of judgement.… https://t.co/UIgc4Pdvww
– Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) 27 December 2024
If we talk about the film The Accidental Prime Minister It was directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, starring Anupam Khet as Dr. Manmohan Singh and Hansal Mehta as Naveen Patnaik.
Apart from him, the film also stars Akshaye Khanna as Sanjay Baru, Suzanne Bernert as Sonia Gandhi, Arjun Mathur as Rahul Gandhi and Aahana Kumra as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
