Bollywood biopics to get political

India’s general election may be 11 months away, but already the groundwork for the political battle is being laid on the silver screen with several Bollywood biopics of leading political adversaries currently in the works.

Three such films are due for release before the 2019 elections.

The vote is set to be a battle between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP and the projected coalition led by the Congress Party.

The films being produced include The Accidental Prime Minister, depicting Congress Party’s Manmohan Singh’s chance elevation for a decade to the country’s top job in 2004; Indira, portraying Indira Gandhi’s 15 years as Indian premier; and an as-yet unnamed biopic on Modi. Anupam Kher, 63, will portray Singh (pictured). — The Telegraph Group Limited, London 2018