'The Accidental Prime Minister' treads a tricky path ahead of 2019 election

While one cannot grudge the attempt to time a movie so that it is most profitable, The Accidental… is a film about important personalities who are still in public life

It feels like a repeat of 2014. Back then, just as the country went into its longest-ever general election, a book was released that sent the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) into a tizzy and gave the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) another weapon to attack the ruling Congress and the prime minister, Manmohan Singh. While sympathetic to Singh, the book, The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh, spoke about interference from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in the affairs of the PMO, attempts to give credit to Rahul Gandhi for key decisions taken by Singh and his