A video of a Bollywood's veteran actor Anupam Kher is going viral on social media. In the video, Anupam Kher is seen acting as the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Anupam Kher is working on his upcoming flick, The Accidental Prime Minister based on the book penned by Sanjaya Baru, 'The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh'
In a video, the actor is seen copying the style and manner of senior Congress leader and former PM, Dr Manmohan Singh. The video clip has gone viral in which Anupam, sporting the familiar blue pagdi, white kurta-pyjama and a dark blue Nehru jacket, and a complete makeover of Dr Manmohan. Anupam Kher is seen walking, while keeping his in the manner how Mr Singh keeps.
According to report, it is not a video released by the team, but taken by others during the rehearsal of a shot in the UK.
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Posting the video, Anupam wrote: “This clip was sent to me by various people. So someone captured it & posted it while I was rehearsing. It is from our shoot of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister in the UK. So instead of you finding it on various platforms, I am happy to share it with you all myself. #PowerOfSocialMedia.”
This clip was sent to me by various people. So someone captured it & posted it while I was rehearsing. It is from our shoot of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister in UK. So instead of you finding it on various platforms I am happy to share it with you all myself.π #PowerOfSocialMedia pic.twitter.com/xMCfoCnAmS
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) April 11, 2018
Sanjaya was the former media advisor of former PM Dr Manmohan Singh. He is currently serving as secretary-general, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
As soon as video went viral, twitterati got another moment to giggle and comment hilariously.
He has acquired the way of walking exactly like manmohan Singh.
— pulkit gupta (@_impulkit) April 11, 2018
It's showing such a dedication of him towards his films role. Well done sir..
There no questions on his level of excellence. Man born to fit all the characters @AnupamPKher #accidentalprimeminister
— eatwith_pratik (@Chokhaniprats) April 11, 2018
It's very hard to differentiate between @AnupamPKher and #robotPM .... Nice acting sir ji π
— Amit Singh Rajput (@asraj_iitr) April 12, 2018
Guess he won't have any dialogues to worry about π π
— HIRAMEHTA (@HIRAMEHTA3) April 12, 2018
Vijay Gutte directorial film, 'The Accidental Prime Minister' also stars Akshaye Khanna as Sanjaya and German actor Suzanne Bernert, who will essay a role of Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The film is slated to release on December 21.
Anupam Kher's striking resemblance to Former PM Manmohan Singh is taking the media by storm! This video of him is from the sets of his film The Accidental PrimeMinister which is a high voltage political drama currently being shot in London!@AnupamPKher#RjAlok pic.twitter.com/QgXGBuCtTF
— RJ ALOK (@OYERJALOK) April 11, 2018