TAPM Review: A Tragic Accident!

The controversial movie, 'The Accidental Prime Minister' has finally hit the theatres and has Anupam Kher, Akshaye Khanna, Suzzane Bernet, Vipin Sharma, Arjun Mathur essaying major roles in the movie. It is based on the book by Sanjay Baru of the same name.

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Anupam Kher as the accidental prime minister, Manmohan Singh is quite underwhelming and it seems as if he is more into mimicking the former prime minister and it often turns out to be amusing than interesting. Akshaye Khanna as the media advisor Baru is absolutely fabulous and tries his best to lift an otherwise a relatively poor film. Divya Seth, Suzzane Bernet, Arjun Mathur make an appearance and do a good job.

Based on Baru's book, the movie had all the right ingredients to be a taut political thriller but is reduced to being a snoozefest documentary thanks to debutant director's Vijay Gutte poor, incoherent direction. His direction fails the movie to reach its full potential and often turns out as a flat narration. The poor dialogues and surprisingly poor writing by Hansal Mehta make the movie a disappointment. Adding to the disappointment is the poor editing but in spite of these follies, the movie is informative and Gutte's set design and working of the PMO is done with finesse.

The Accidental Prime Minister has more lows in its incoherent storytelling than highs but fails to engage a viewer due to a debutant director at the helm. Perhaps, an experienced director would have been a better choice to bring this interesting political drama to the forefront. I am going with 2.5 stars, it is a golden opportunity lost!

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