The Accidental Prime Minister (film)

The Accidental Prime Minister
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)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office22.65 crores

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. 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. It earned a moderate opening of 4.5 crore at the box office on its first day and 22.65 crore overall at the box office.