New Delhi:
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah will release the second poster of the upcoming film PM Narendra Modi on Monday in New Delhi. Directed by Omung Kumar and featuring actor Vivek Oberoi in the lead, the biographical drama on Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release countrywide on April 12.
"This film is very close to my heart. The first poster received immense love and only one person could have taken this excited a notch higher and that is Mr Amit Shah. I am looking forward to the second poster launch," producer Sandip Singh said in a statement.
Critically-acclaimed actor Manoj Joshi is essaying the role of Shah in the film. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis along with Oberoi had unveiled the first look and poster of the film in January.
The film also features Darshan Kumaar, Boman Irani, Prashant Narayanan, Zarina Wahab, Barkha Bisht Sengupta, Anjan Shrivastav, Yatin Karyekar, Rajendra Gupta and Akshat R Saluja in pivotal roles. Suresh Oberoi, Anand Pandit and Acharya Manish are also serving as producers on the film.
With 2019 Lok Sabha Elections knocking on the doors, a spree of biopics on political leaders is lined up on big screens and have become the newest campaign runners in this season of polarised politics.
Apart from PM Narendra Modi, another biopic is in line on the life of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Titled My Name is RaGa, the film will explore the political journey of the Gandhi scion right from the time of Indira Gandhi’s assassination to his tenure as the Congress president. Helmed by filmmaker Rupesh Paul, the movie is expected to hit the theatres this April, days ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
