Pankaj Tripathi as Atal in Main Atal Hoon Photograph:( X )
Main Atal Hoon stars Pankaj Tripathi as late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Pankaj Tripathi starrer Main Atal Hoon has dropped a new trailer and it shows several major moments, from the Emergency to the Babri Masjid demolition, the Pokhran nuclear test and much more. The film stars Pankaj as late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The trailer reads: “More than a poet. More than a statesman. More than a Prime Minister.”
The trailer opens with Pankaj Tripathi's Atal Bihari Vajpayee watching a film and telling his friend that the public believes what is shown to them. Then in another scene, he is seen dealing with criticism as someone talks of Mahatma Gandhi's killer, Nathuram Godse. Both Godse and Vajpayee were a part of the RSS in their growing-up years.
Watch the trailer of Main Atal Hoon here:
The trailer then moves on to show how Atal Bihari Vajpayee stood up against Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi during the Emergency.
The trailer also touches upon the Pokhran nuclear test. In one scene, late President Abdul Kalam is seen congratulating Pankaj's Vajpayee for the successful Pokhran nuclear test.
Main Atal Hoon also takes a look at the bus seva between India and Pakistan and how he volunteered to visit Ayodhya after the Babri Masjid demolition.
Directed by Ravi Jadhav, and written by Rishi Virmani and Ravi Jadhav, Main Atal Hoon is produced by Bhanushali Studios Limited and Legend Studios. The film also stars Piyush Mishra, Raja Rameshkumar Sevak, Daya Shankar Pandey, Pramod Pathak, Paayal Kapoor Nair, Harshad Kumar, Prasanna Ketkar, Haresh Khatri, Paula McGlynn, Gauri Sukhtankar.
Main Atal Hoon will release in theatres on January 19.