The Accidental Prime Minister

Jan 11, 2019

1h 51m

★ 5.3

Overview

Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister explores Manmohan Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister of India, and the kind of control he had over his cabinet and the country.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Pen Studios

Rudra Production

Bohra Bros Productions

The Accidental Prime Minister Trailers

Cast

Sanjaya Baru

Akshaye Khanna

Manmohan Singh

Anupam Kher

Sonia Gandhi

Suzanne Bernert

Rahul Gandhi

Arjun Mathur

Priyanka Gandhi

Aahana Kumra

Gursharan Kaur

Divya Seth Shah

Ahmed Patel

Vipin Sharma

M. K. Narayanan

Prakash Belawadi

P. Chidambaram

Shivkumar Subramaniam

Pranab Mukherjee

Pradeep Chakravarti

Kapil Sibal

Munish Bhardwaj

Prithviraj Chavan

Ramesh Bhatkar

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