The Accidental Prime Minister (film)

The Accidental Prime Minister
The poster features Akshay Khanna as Sanjay Baru and Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh and buthe title appears at bottom.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVijay Gutte
Written by
  • Vijay Ratnkar Gutte
  • Mayank Tewari
  • Karl Dunne
  • Aditya Sinha
Story byNitish R. Kadam
Based onThe Accidental Prime Minister
by Sanjaya Baru
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySachin K. Krishn
Edited byPraveen K. L.
Music bySongs:
Sadhu Tiwari (India)
Sudip Roy (UK)
Score:
Sumit Sethi
Abhijit Vaghani
Production
companies
Release date
  • 11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)[1]
Running time
110 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹22.65 crores[3]

The Accidental Prime Minister is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and written by Mayank Tewari, based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by Sanjaya Baru.[4] It was produced by the Bohra Bros under Rudra Production (UK), in association with Jayantilal Gada under the banner of Pen India Limited. It stars Anupam Kher as Dr. Manmohan Singh, the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014 under the United Progressive Alliance.

The film was released on 11 January 2019.[5][6][7][8] It earned a moderate opening of ₹45 million (US$540,000)[9] at the box office on its first day[6] and ₹305.2 million (US$3.7 million) as of January 24.[10][3][11]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference release1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Accidental Prime Minister | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "The Accidental Prime Minister Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ "The Accidental Prime Minister first look: Anupam Kher 'overwhelmed' with response, writes personal thanks". The Indian Express. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ "The Accidental Prime Minister Review {3.5/5}: An amusing and engaging look at the term of Dr Manmohan Singh as India's PM" – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  6. ^ a b "The Accidental Prime Minister Box Office Collection Day 1: Anupam Kher's Film 'Grosses A Decent' Rs 3.50 Crore". NDTV.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. ^ "The Accidental Prime Minister review: Fans are all praises for Anupam Kher and Akshaye Khanna". PINKVILLA. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  8. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (14 January 2019). "Box Office: The Accidental Prime Minister set to be profitable, Simmba to surpass Chennai Express today". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  9. ^ "The Accidental Prime Minister Box Office Collection Day 2: Anupam Kher's movie sees growth in collections despite poor reviews". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  10. ^ Team, BOC India (17 January 2019). "Uri The Surgical Strike & The Accidental Prime Minister 7th Day (1 Week) Box Office Collection". BoxOfficeCollection.in. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  11. ^ Team, BOC India (14 January 2019). "Uri The Surgical Strike & The Accidental Prime Minister 4th Day Box Office Collection". BoxOfficeCollection.in. Retrieved 14 January 2019.