Actor Anupam Kher and filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s verbal spat over the 2019 film The Accidental Prime Minister is currently dominating the headlines. The virtual spat started after Kher publicly called out the filmmaker for supporting the post calling the movie based on Dr. Manmohan Singh’s tenure as Prime Minister of India “one of the worst Hindi movies ever made.”
As Anupam Kher and Hansal Mehta’s war of words dominates the headlines.
The feud began after Kher saw Hansal giving his thumbs up to a post saying The Accidental Prime Minister was a perfect example of how media was used to tarnish the name of a good man.
Criticising the film, journalist Vir Sanghvi wrote, “If you want to remember the lies that were told about Manmohan Singh, you should rewatch The Accidental Prime Minister. It is not only one of the worst Hindi movies ever made but is an example of how media was used to tarnish the name of a good man (sic).” Anupam wrote, “The HYPOCRITE in this thread is NOT @virsanghvi. He has the freedom to not like a film. But @mehtahansal was the #CreativeDirector of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister. Who was present at the entire shoot of the film in England! Giving his creative inputs and must have taken the fee also for it. So for him to say 100% to #VirSanghvi’s comment is so messed up and full of double standards! Not that I agree with Mr. Sanghvi, but we are all capable of doing bad or indifferent work. But we should OWN it. Not like #HansalMehta trying to earn some brownies from a certain section of people. Common Hansal!! Grow up! I still have all our videos and pics of the shoot together!” In no time, Hansal responded to Kher’s words and said that what he did was his job as a professional. Re-sharing Kher’s post, he wrote, “‘Of course I own my mistakes, Mr. Kher. And I can admit that I made a mistake. Can’t I sir? I did my job as professionally as I was allowed to. Can you deny that? But it doesn’t mean I have to keep defending the film or that it makes me lose objectivity about my error of judgement. About brownie points and hypocrisy, I respectfully submit that you seem to be evaluating people by the same yardstick you evaluate yourself.”
In a follow-up post, he apologised to the actor, saying that he wished to speak to him and clear things.
“And by the way, @anupampkher sir... you can say all you want. Call me names if you wish. Apologies if I’ve inadvertently hurt you. Sending love to you. Whenever you wish, we will speak and clear the air. I will not give space to trolls to distort this further and have a field day at our expense. Good night, belated X’mas greetings, and a happy new year in advance. To you and to all the hyperactive trolls (sic).” (Agencies)
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