Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (The Accidental Prime Minister and Zero) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

The Accidental Prime Minister

The Accidental Prime Minister is a 2018 Indian biographical political drama film, presented by Rudra Production (UK), Bohra Bros in association with Dr Jayantilal Gada (Pen India Limited). Directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and written by Mayank Tewari. The film stars Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh, the economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014 under the United Progressive Alliance. The film is based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by Sanjaya Baru.

Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, the Accidental Prime Minister explores Manmohan Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister of India, and the kind of control he had over the cabinet and the country. The story touches on several scams that took place under the reign of Congress. Everything happened in the public domain, whether it was 2G, 3G, or the coal scam. There was something wrong which is why the Congress lost the last election by the biggest ever margin. It’s all there in the film but tackled sensitively. And at the end of the day, it is an entertaining film, not a documentary.

The movie has Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of Republic of India during 2004 to 2014, Akshaye Khanna as Sanjaya Baru, political commentator, Suzanne Bernert as Sonia Gandhi, former president of Indian National Congress, Aahana Kumra as Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Sonia Gandhi, Arjun Mathur as Rahul Gandhi, son of Sonia Gandhi, Vimal Verma as Lalu Prasad Yadav, Avter Saini as Lal Krishna Advani, Anil Rastogi as Shivraj Patil, Ajit Satbhai as P. V. Narasimha_Rao, former Prime Minister of India, and Chitragupta Sinha P. V. Ranga_Rao,Elder son of P.V.Narasimha Rao.

Zero

Zero is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, written by Himanshu Sharma and directed by Aanand L. Rai. It was jointly produced by Colour Yellow Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment's Gauri Khan, and stars Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif.

It follows Bauua Singh, a short man from Meerut who, after having difficulty finding a marriage partner, finds a companion in Aafia Bhinder, a NASA scientist with cerebral palsy. However, leading superstar Babita also gets close with him, testing his first relationship. This love triangle takes them to far-off cities, and thrusts Bauua on an adventure to discover both his true love and completeness in a life lived to the fullest.

The film has Shah Rukh Khan as Bauua Singh, a short man, Anushka Sharma as Aafia Yusufzai Bhinder, a NASA scientist with cerebral palsy, Katrina Kaif as Babita Kumari, an alcoholic Bollywood actress, Abhay Deol as Babita's love interest, R. Madhavan, Tigmanshu Dhulia as Bauua’s father, Sheeba Chaddha as Beena Singh, Brijendra Kala as marriage alliance officer, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Guddu Singh, Javed Jaffrey (voice-over at a dance competition) and in special appearances are Salman Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Sridevi, Alia Bhatt, Karisma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Deepika Padukone, Ganesh Acharya and Remo D'Souza.

The film's soundtrack was composed and produced by Ajay−Atul. Tanishk Bagchi worked as a guest composer. Lyrics are written by Irshad Kamil and Kumaar. The movie has songs like "Mere Naam Tu", "Issaqbaazi", "Husn Parcham" and "Heer Badnaam".