Javed Akhtar ‘shocked’ to find himself credited in PM Narendra Modi biopic

Veteran lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar was surprised to see his name on the poster of Vivek Oberoi-starrer “PM Narendra Modi”. Javed claimed he is falsely credited as one of the lyricists of the film. His name is the first in a list that also includes Prasoon Joshi, Sameer and others. The upcoming film is a biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Narendra Modi also stars Boman Irani (Ratan Tata), Manoj Joshi (Amit Shah) and Zarina Wahab (Modi’s mother) among others.

Director of films like Mary Kom and Sarbjit, Omung Kumar is helming the project.

We reached out to the makers of PM Narendra Modi. However, they declined to comment.

Vivek Oberoi had spoken about the film during the trailer’s launch. He had said, “Destiny works in mysterious ways. Everybody has a phase where they struggle. I have struggled too, but while working on this film, I realised my struggle is nothing. The struggle that Narendra Modiji has gone through, my struggle is nothing. I was intimidated as I am portraying a political figure who is loved by the whole nation.”

PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to release on April 5.