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Anupam too early to talk about it in detail. The first look has made me

both happy and nervous. It is a two hour film and it is being
Kher: made on huge canvas,” Kher said.
To bring more honesty to his performance, the actor is watch-

ing, a lot of material that is available on Internet, besides fol-
‘The Accidental lowing the script. The film is being made in English and Hindi
by debutant Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and it produced by Bohra

Prime Minister’ Brothers.
Kher, who has been vocal about various issues on the social
media, believes that it is sad that when somebody gives “opin-
Most Difficult ion on social causes or on the country”, people said he should
‘join politics’.

Film For Me “My comment as an individual is sufficient to make a differ-
ence to even five percent of people. Whenever I talk about
country, people say I should join politics, if ever that happens,
I think never say never about anything.”
nupam Kher, who plays the role of former Prime Min- “But in the coming years it is not happening. If that ever hap-

ister Dr Manmohan Singh in ‘The Accidental Prime pens I will scream from rooftops as I would need people. Cur-
AMinister’, said it is the most difficult film of his career rently, the idea is no (to join politics).
as he has to get every little nuance right. The film is based
on the book of the same name, written by Sanjay Baru, who

served as the media advisor of Manmohan Singh from 2004
to 2008.
“I am approaching this
part of Dr Manmohan

Singh completely from
an actor’s point of view.
There is a book and
screenplay for reference.

I have worked on it for
six months. It is the most
difficult film as he is the
most visible person and

so it is not easy to por-
tray him. Also, the world
knows him. His language,
his movement... so it is

more difficult. I need to
internalise the character
and be that person,” Kher told .
The actor says the fact that he has to make audiences be-

lieve that the person they are seeing on-screen is Dr Singh,
makes the film even tougher. “Lot of mimics can do a better
job than me. But I think for two hours for audience to believe
that this can be Dr Manmohan Singh is most important. It is

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