The Accidental Prime Minister trailer: Anupam Kher almost nails Manmohan Singh

The trailer of veteran actor Anupam Kher’s ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ is out. The movie features him as India’s former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Akshaye Khanna plays his media adviser Sanjay Baru, who also wrote the book from which the film gets its name.

The trailer begins with Sonia Gandhi appointing Singh as the Prime Minister after the 2004 elections. We are introduced to Akshaye Khanna’s Sanjay Baru, who breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to his audience. The focus is on the power dynamics between Gandhi and Singh, with present Congress president Rahul Gandhi presented as the successor in-waiting. As the days go by and the UPA government grapples with controversies, we see the PM struggling.

Based on the 2014 memoir of the same name, written by Singh’s media adviser Sanjay Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister revolves around Singh’s life, the economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014 under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

Directed by debutant Vijay Gutte and written by Hansal Mehta, the flick is set to hit the theatres on December 21.