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The Accidental Prime Minister

The Accidental Prime Minister

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The Accidental Prime Minister

2019

1h 51m

5.3(27 votes)

History

Drama

Overview

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 his cabinet and the country.

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Pen Studios

Bohra Bros Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Akshaye Khanna

Akshaye Khanna

Sanjaya Baru

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Manmohan Singh

Suzanne Bernert

Suzanne Bernert

Sonia Gandhi

Arjun Mathur

Arjun Mathur

Rahul Gandhi

Aahana Kumra

Aahana Kumra

Priyanka Gandhi

Divya Seth Shah

Divya Seth Shah

Gursharan Kaur

Vipin Sharma

Vipin Sharma

Ahmed Patel

Prakash Belawadi

Prakash Belawadi

M. K. Narayanan

Shivkumar Subramaniam

Shivkumar Subramaniam

P. Chidambaram

Pradeep Chakravarti

Pranab Mukherjee

Creative team

Directed by: Vijay Ratnakar Gutte
Written by: Mayank Tewari
Aditya Sinha
Produced by: Dhaval Jayantilal Gada

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