'The Accidental Prime Minister' first poster: Anupam Kher to play Manmohan Singh

Anupam Kher engrossed in a discussion with director Vijay Ratnakar Gutte; (inset) former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Anupam Kher engrossed in a discussion with director Vijay Ratnakar Gutte; (inset) former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Veteran actor Anupam Kher will slip into the role of Manmohan Singh in an upcoming political drama based on a memoir by the former Prime Minister's media advisor, Sanjay Baru.

Titled after the book, The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making And Unmaking of Manmohan Singh, the film is being produced by Sunil Bohra of Bohra Bros banner and helmed by newcomer Vijay Ratnakar Gutte. The memoir embraced clandestine events to open aberrations that made up for two terms of the UPA. Laced with scandals and white paper leadership, the movie promises to keep you glued to the screen till the very end.

Says director Gutte, "I am obliged to get a hold on the story that I truly believe has to be told with utmost honesty and integrity. A script as magnanimously relevant as this needed a perfect actor. I feel that the maturity and demeanour required to portray the Prime Minister's role could have only been done by the versatile star, Anupam sir."

Kher feels playing a character culled from contemporary history is extremely challenging since "comparisons are bound to be instant and inevitable". "But as I have always revelled in challenges, right from my first film Saaransh (1984), I look forward to the experience of portraying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh," says the actor.

Anupam Kher took to twitter to share the first look of the film.