Bollywood filmmaker Hansal Mehta has reacted to a social media post in which veteran actor Anupam Kher called him a 'hypocrite' for criticising the film The Accidental Prime Minister. It all started after Hansal reacted to journalist and TV anchor Vir Sanghvi's post in which he claimed that the makers did not show the truth about late politician Dr Manmohan Singh in The Accidental Prime Minister. Despite being a part of the film as a Creative Director, Hansal agreed with Sanghvi, however, this did not go down well with Anupam.
Anupam Kher lashes out at Hansal Mehta
Anupam called Hansal a 'hypocrite' and added, "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."
Anupam added, "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 certain section of people. Common Hansal!! Grow up! I still have all our videos and pics of the shoot together."
Hansal Mehta's response
Reacting to the actor's post, Hansal replied, "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."
"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," he further mentioned.
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… https://t.co/UIgc4PcXGY
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) December 27, 2024
The Accidental Prime Minister is a film based on Dr Manmohan Singh. Besides being the Creative Director, Hansal played the role of former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the film.
Directed by Vijay Gutte, the film was adapted from Sanjaya Baru book titled The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh. It was released in 2019.