Anupam Kher terms his role in 'The Accidental Prime Minister' most challenging

New Delhi: Amid the controversy generate by his film 'The accidental Prime Minsiter', Bollywood actor Anupam Kher  on Friday said, it is his best performance and he is not going to back off.

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, the actor shared the picture of the movie's poster and said,''I am not going to back off. This is my life's best performance. #DrManmohanSingh will agree after seeing the film that it is a 100% accurate depiction. Will meet the media at 1730 hrs at Actor Prepares, Film Industry Welfare Trust, Santacruz. #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister''.

''I read the book to imitate Manmohan Singh. In my first film I played a 65-year-old man at the age of 28. A Youth Congress Leader wrote a letter about this but first I ignored. We have created an accurate functioning system.We had shown the movie to the censor board and it came back after their approval.That is why it does not make any sense to show it to someone else,'' Mr Kher said addressing mediapersons.

''In the span of 35 years and 515 films of my career this is the hardest movie.This film should go for the Oscars but the debate has begun. 25 years from now, when the history of the films will be written then the name of this movie will be taken first,'' he added.

In appearance, Kher aces as Manmohan Singh, while Akshaye Khanna plays the role of Sanjaya Baru, who was Manmohan Singh's media advisor from 2004 to 2008.The film's plot is narrated through Sanjaya Baru's character.

'The Accidental Prime Minister' delves into the internal politics of the Congress party and how Manmohan Singh handled the situations.The trailer also features Aahana Kumra as Priyanka Vadra, Arjun Mathur as Rahul Gandhi, and Suzanne Bernert as Sonia Gandhi.

'The Accidental Prime Minister' will hit the screens on February 11.The film is based on Sanjay Baru's memoir of the same name that was released in 2014.(UNI)