Manmohan Singh.
Was he the quintessential ‘Accidental PM’?
Yes. Because he didn’t even know a day before that he’d become the Prime Minister of India.
And now, Manmohan Singh’s Prime Minister’s life will be adapted into a movie. Slated to release in the end of 2017, the film is based on a book by Sanjay Baru, “The Accidental Prime Minister: the Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh”.
Excited? I bet you are.
The film will be produced by Sunil Bohra who has award-winning productions like ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ and ‘Shahid’.
The teaser will be released on August 30 and the film will be released in a dozen languages. As far as the actors are concerned, it’s not decided who will play which role.
Sources cited that a young actor from Punjab has been roped in to play Manmohan Singh’s character.
As far as Sonia Gandhi’s role is concerned, a foreign actress will be roped in to play her character.
Twitter obviously didn’t go mum about this ‘development’ and discussed it at length. Some of the reactions were really funny!
Here are some of the tweets:
1.
Will it be a silent film or #talkie ? I prefer first one, i haven’t watched one in my life time.#TheAccidentalPM https://t.co/wo33NyAdml
— Satish V Madala (@MVSatish) June 13, 2016
2.
What movie genre fits better with The Accidental PM?
— Koba El Tigre ☠(@KobaElTigre) June 13, 2016
3.
“The Accidental PM” — other title suggestions are Invisible Man, The Marionette, At her majesty’s service, see no evil, Mum is the word
— Bengalurian (@harisid) June 13, 2016
4.
.@scotchism Correction:
The Accidental PM: The Manmohan years.
The Accident PM: The Modi years.— Eggamind (@Stupidosaur) June 13, 2016
5.
The Accidental PM likely to have a song,
Baru Baru dil ye gaaye
Baru Baru din ye aaye
Tum jiyo hazaaron saal
Yeh hai Modiji ki aarzoo.— K. Venugopal Menon (@VenuSpeak) June 13, 2016
6.
The accidental PM is gonna be a silent puppet show!
— Premjit Hawaibam (@hpremjit) June 13, 2016
7.
No dialogues for hero in ” The Accidental PM ” movie! Only Italy Aunty will talk instead of Hero ?
— Maharaj Patil (@I_am_Viru_Lover) June 13, 2016
8.
@barugaru sir if a movie on book The ACCIDENTAL PM is made #SuzanneBernert would be the best choice to play soniaji pic.twitter.com/rFlzNBt4eo
— akshay jain (@dilsaeakshay1) June 13, 2016
9.
The Accidental PM is now up for 5 awards. I feel giddy. Big thanks to everyone at @OUPChildrens https://t.co/pabY6wZPFd
— Tom McLaughlin (@_TomMcLaughlin) November 6, 2015
10.
I’m the accidental PM Manmohan Singh, I have a mouth and I refuse to talk. #YouGotAProblem?
— Santoesha Bissesar (@MsSantoesha) September 15, 2014
Well, that pretty much sums up the people’s reactions and it’s priceless.
The idea sounds so fascinating to me that I have no words to express my feelings. But, I must say that it would be worth the wait.
News Source: The Times Of India