Bhopal: “Accidental Prime Mini-ster”, purported biopic of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has set off a controversy in Madhya Pradesh (MP) even before it hit the silver screen with ruling Congress describing it, “more a political agenda than a film”.
The Bollywood movie was set to release on January 11.
The trailer of the film, in which veteran actor Anupam Kher portrayed role of the former PM, was released on Thursday.
“The movie has been made with a mala-fide intention to tarnish the image of Congress ahe-ad of 2019 Lok Sabha ele-ctions. The film is a political agenda of the BJP”, Congress spokes-man Pankaj Chaturvedy said.
He said people in the country very well knew the motive behind production of the film. “BJP is the promoter of the film, as its tweet on the movie indicates”, he added.
Another Congress leader Syed Jaffer demanded removal of some objectionable scenes in the movie. He threatened that the film would not be allowed to be released in MP with the said contents. if the contents would not be deleted.
However, a Congress spokesman here denied any move by the state government to ban the film in MP, saying that chief minister Kamal Nath has already clarified that no restrictions would be imposed on screening of any film in the state.
In a related development, MP government’s public relations department made it clear that there was no decision to ban the film in the state. BJP spokesman here however sharply reacted to criticism of the yet-to-be- released movie by Congress.
“ The book was released long ago. The book never attracted criticism from any quarters. But, Congr-ess is now making hue and cry over the movie”, a BJP spokesman said.
