Anupam Kher-starrer The Accidental Prime Minister Leaked By Tamilrockers

The controversial film of veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, "The Accidental Prime Minister" has been illegally posted online by Tamilrockers. The Vijay Ratnakar Gutte directorial has become a new prey of this infamous piracy online website, only one day after the film came out. It is reported that the domestic box office gross of the movie “The Accidental Prime Minister” may take a hit due to the leak.

Other four big premieres including Telegu movies Ram Charan-starrer Vinaya Vidheya Rama and Nandamuri Balakrishna starrer Kathanayakudu; Tamil movies Nayanthara-Ajith starrer Viswasam and Rajinikanth-starrer Petta were also available for free download within several hours of the releases.

In the past, Tamilrockers released a number of movies on their websites including Thugs of Hindostan, Sarkar and Maari 2 for free download.

Directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and written by Mayank Tewari, the movie is based upon the 2014 memoir of Sanjaya Baru. This biographical movie tells a story of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s political life. Anupam Kher stars as Prime Minister Manmohan and Akshaye Khanna plays the role of political commentator Sanjaya Baru. The movie will delve deep into the Congress party’s internal politics.

In the meantime, the movie has been in the midst of controversies since its trailer first came out on the internet for allegedly essaying Nehru-Gandhi family and the Congress in the negative light. Its screenings were disturbed by aggressive agitators in some parts of India, involving Ludhiana and Kolkata.

Bollywood actor Anupam Kher strongly condemned the act of hooliganism via social media. Posting a video clip on the Twitter, the actor captioned,

Also, he encouraged the champions of free speech to raise their voice, he wrote,