Movie on Modi gives him cult status, will tilt electoral balance: EC to SC

The report was submitted after the SC on April 15 directed the EC to re-examine its earlier order and take an informed decision on banning pan-India the biopic's release after watching the full movie

The biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a "hagiography", which treats the subject with undue reverence, and its public screening during poll campaign will "tilt the electoral balance", the Election Commission (EC) has told the Supreme Court while opposing the release of the movie starring Vivek Oberoi before the polls end on May 19.

In its 20-page report submitted to the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on the film titled 'PM Narendra Modi', the poll panel said that the biopic "produces a political environment where an individual acquired cult status" and its