The Accidental Prime Minister (2019) on Netflix
Manmohan Singh becomes prime minister of India, and Sanjaya Baru joins his office as media adviser. Baru watches the Congress leadership step in and contradict the decisions of that office.
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Plot summary
Sanjaya Baru, a policy analyst, serves as media adviser to Manmohan Singh from 2004 to 2008 and later writes a memoir of those years. Singh is the thirteenth prime minister of India, in office from 2004 to 2014 at the head of an Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government. From inside the prime minister's office, Baru watches the Congress intervene in Singh's decisions and contradict them. The party's dynastic approach keeps turf in view for Rahul Gandhi, the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Baru's account follows Singh's tenure and how far the prime minister could direct his cabinet and the country.
Cast
- Pradeep Chakravartias Pranab Mukherjee
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Accidental Prime Minister (2019)
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- Lead actor Anupam Kher tweeted on 2 January 2019 that the film's trailer was not appearing as a top YouTube search result; India Today confirmed it, and the trailer returned to the top spot the next day, fuelling speculation it had been suppressed as part of an anti-propaganda campaign.
- On 8 January 2019, a local court in Bihar ordered an FIR against lead actor Anupam Kher and thirteen others associated with the film for defaming political leaders.
- The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party promoted the film's trailer through its official Twitter account, prompting a Congress spokesperson to call the film political propaganda. The Congress party's Maharashtra youth wing demanded a special screening over an "incorrect presentation of the facts", then withdrew its letter to avoid publicising the film.
