Daily Times

Actor Vivek Oberoi is all ready to play Narendra Modi in his upcoming film, PM Narendra Modi, a biopic on the Indian Prime Minsiter. The film will be directed by Omung Kumar who has directed the National Award winning film Mary Kom, and Sarabjit and Bhoomi. The team has been working on this biopic for three three years. It was then reported that veteran actor Paresh Rawal was going to play the central lead in this biopic. However, trade analyst Taran Adarsh in his tweet on Friday announced the project stating that Vivek Oberoi will be playing the role now. His tweet reads, “IT’S OFFICIAL… Vivekanand Oberoi [Vivek Oberoi] to star in Narendra Modi biopic, titled #PMNarendraModi… Directed by Omung Kumar… Produced by Sandip Ssingh… First look poster will be launched on 7 Jan 2019… Filming starts mid-Jan 2019.” The film’s unit is gearing up for the film’s first poster launch. The poster will be launched by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on January 7, in 23 languages.

Published in Daily Times, January 5^th 2019.