The Accidental Prime Minister First Look: Anupam Kher begins shooting in London for Manmohan Singh's biopic

Mumbai : It looks like Bollywood actor Anupam Kher is quite excited about his upcoming movie, The Accidental Prime Minister. He has shared the first few images of his role like blue turban and white kurta and the bespectacled actor looks just like India’s former Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. The film will be directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and shooting for the film will start from March 31. It is slated to release on December 21.

“Happy to share my first look of #DrManmohanSingh, India’s Former Prime Minister from the movie #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister directed by #VijayRatnakarGutte & produced by #BohraBrothers. Creative producer is @mehtahansal. Film is based on #SanjayBaru’s book with the same title,” Kher captioned three photos posted on Twitter on Thursday.

In the picture, he is seen smiling with folded hands while the other two photos portrays him in his office. His fans followers on social media appear to be admiring his new look. “Perfect! can’t wait to see the film,” tweeted one. “Look is fantastic sir, matches every inch of him,” wrote another.

Anupam said in a statement: “The opportunity of portraying a contemporary personality like Dr Manmohan Singh in ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ is an immense challenge for me as an actor. He is part of a 24/7 media era where the world knows his persona minutely.

“I have been internalising this character for the past few months. I look forward to translating that effort into cinematic reality,” he added.

Anupam’s film poster was shared in June 2017 and it has received great response from fans. The black and white poster includes the side profile of Anupam, dressed as Mr. Manmohan Singh complete with a white beard and turban. One portion of the poster is more on the silhouette of a woman, likely representing Congress President Sonia Gandhi, standing in the corridor of Parliament House.

In the film, Akshaye Khanna plays the role of former media advisor to Manmohan Singh, Sanjay Baru, on whose journal of the film is based.