'The Accidental Prime Minister': Film based on Sanjay Baru's book created political storm, why was Dr. Manmohan Singh called 'accidental'?
Former Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh has passed away. He was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi. Do you know that a film based on the political life of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has already been released? 'The Accidental Prime Minister' was released on 11 January 2019. Vijay Ratnakar Gutte directed this film. Let us tell you that this film was made based on Sanjay Baru's book. Sanjay Baru wrote this book six years after leaving his PMO job. If reports are to be believed, the director's father Sanjay Baru had worked with Manmohan Singh.
Why did Sanjay Baru write ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’?
Sanjay Baru, an advisor to former PM Manmohan Singh, wrote a book in April 2014. The name of this book was 'The Accidental Prime Minister'. Baru wrote this book about Manmohan Singh's tenure as Prime Minister. This book by Sanjay Baru caused a political upheaval in the whole country. In this book, many things were said about Manmohan Singh's tenure. After Manmohan Singh became the Prime Minister in 2004, Sanjay Baru was appointed as his media advisor and he remained in this position till 2008.
Despite its 'Shining India' campaign, the BJP failed to return to power in 2004. After BJP's defeat in this election, Congress emerged as the largest party. Leading the UPA coalition, Congress staked a claim to form the government of the country. At this time, Congress President Sonia Gandhi was the biggest face of UPA who was being seen as the Prime Minister. All the senior leaders of the party wanted to see her as the Prime Minister, but the circumstances were such that they had to prepare Manmohan Singh for the post of Prime Minister. Sonia Gandhi herself announced Manmohan Singh's becoming the Prime Minister and asked the parliamentary party to support him.
Anupam Kher played the main role
The Accidental Prime Minister shows Manmohan Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister of India. Anupam Kher played the role of the late former Prime Minister in the film. The film was written by Mayank Tiwari and produced by Bohra Brothers under the banner of Pen India Limited in collaboration with Jayantilal Gada under Rudra Productions. He was the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014 under the UPA alliance.
The story begins here
Talking about the story of the film, it started in the year 2004, when Sonia Gandhi herself did not become the Prime Minister and handed over the post to Manmohan Singh. The film revolves around Sanjay Baru, whose character was played by Akshay Khanna. It was clearly shown in the film that Sanjay Baru had a lot of influence in the PMO.
Sanjay Baru played a strong role
The big twist in the film comes when the influence of external things starts showing on the decisions of the PM. Seeing this, Sanjay Baru himself wanted Manmohan Singh to take the decision himself. However, the story becomes more interesting when Manmohan Singh is ready to resign on the issue of the nuclear deal but Sonia Gandhi stops him. The story further in the film has also been shown in a very lively manner.
This was the box office collection
Talking about the box office report of the film, the total budget of the film was around 21 crores. The film received a mixed response from the people. The film earned a total of 27 crores at the Indian box office. Talking about the worldwide collection, the film earned a total of 31 crores.
Controversy over the film
When the trailer of this film was released, there was a lot of uproar over it. Actually, during the tenure of UPA, Manmohan Singh was accused of working at the behest of Sonia Gandhi. This issue was shown in the film 'The Accidental Prime Minister', due to which the Congress party created a lot of uproars.