Vivek Oberoi will star as Narendra Modi in a biopic about the Indian Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh confirmed on Friday. Titled PM Narendra Modi, the film will be directed by Omung Kumar (Mary Kom, Bhoomi).
Sandip Ssingh is producing the film and it is set to go on floors in mid January.
The Modi biopic joins a long list of upcoming political biographical dramas, including Anupam Kher-starrer The Accidental Prime Minister about Manmohan Singh’s time leading the United Progressive Alliance government, J Jayalalithaa biopic The Iron Lady with Nithya Menen as the former Tamil Nadu chief minister, and the web series adaptation of Sagarika Ghose’s Indira Gandhi biography, starring Vidya Balan.
Oberoi, whose credits include the Hindi films Company (2002), Saathiya (2002) and Yuva (2004), was last seen in the Tamil movie Vivegam (2018). His next is the Telugu drama Vinaya Vidheya Rama. He also leads the Amazon Prime Video web series Inside Edge (2017), which has been renewed for a second season.
IT’S OFFICIAL... Vivekanand Oberoi [Vivek Oberoi] to star in Narendra Modi biopic, titled #PMNarendraModi... Directed by Omung Kumar... Produced by Sandip Ssingh... First look poster will be launched on 7 Jan 2019... Filming starts mid-Jan 2019.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 4, 2019
The timing of the Modi biopic has raised eyebrows, since it will be in production just weeks before Modi plunges into a re-election campaign for the Lok Sabha election – a point raised by some alert Twitter users.
Most of the second half will be shot at outdoor locations. https://t.co/ndEg9CQOwb
— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) January 4, 2019
Vivek Oberoi is not the right choice to play Narendra Modi in his biopic.
— Jet Lee(Vasooli Bhai) (@Vishj05) December 31, 2018
He once did a Press Conference.