A still from the film The Accidental Prime Minister (Courtesy XYZ)
Highlights
- Anupam Kher plays Manmohan Singh in the film
- Aahana Kumra plays Priyanka Gandhi in The Accidental Prime Minister
- Arjun Mathur plays Rahul Gandhi
Anupam Kher, who plays former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the upcoming film
The Accidental Prime Minister, recently shared a photo from the sets and introduced Arjun Mathur and Aahana Kumra. Anupam Kher also mentioned on his social media post that the former will be portraying the character of Rahul Gandhi and the latter will be seen playing Priyanka Gandhi in the film. "Introducing Arjun Mathur as Rahul Gandhi and Aahana Kumra as Priyanka Gandhi," the actor wrote. In the photo, the veteran actor appears to be in a conversation with Aahana (Priyanka Gandhi) while Arjun, who plays the role of the current Chief of Congress, just looks on. Undoubtedly, the characters revealed so far hold an uncanny resemblance to their real-life counterparts and the recent poster featuring Aahana and Arjun is no exception.
The 63-year-old actor earlier introduced actress Divya Seth, who plays Anupam Kher's onscreen wife Gursharan Kaur in
The Accidental Prime Minister. The photo shared by Anupam Kher featured both the actors dressed in their characters from the film. "Introducing the very talented Divya Seth Shah. She portrays the character of Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, wife of honourable ex-Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh ji, in the movie
The Accidental Prime Minister, the actor wrote.
Here's a sneak peek of the character, who will be playing former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao in the film. Take a look at the photo here:
Here's Anupam Kher's look from the film.
While the team of
The Accidental Prime Minister were shooting for their London schedule, a video of Anupam Kher walking just like Manmohan Singh on the sets went crazy viral. "I was amused that this clip was sent to me by various people. Obviously someone captured it and posted it while I was rehearsing. It is from our shoot of
The Accidental Prime Minister in Skipton, UK. So instead of you finding it on various platforms I am happy to share it with you all myself," the actor wrote on his Instagram post.
Directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte,
The Accidental Prime Minister will release on December 21 this year.