The biopic Main Atal Hoon, about Atal Bihari Vajpayee, highlights the challenges of making films about political figures without offending their followers. While some political biopics have been successful, others have struggled to avoid controversy. Films like Sardar (1993), The Making of the Mahatma (1996), Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000), Veer Savarkar (2001), Loknayak (2004), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005), Thackeray (2019), PM Narendra Modi (2019), The Accidental Prime Minister (2019), and Thalaivi (2021) have all tackled the lives of prominent political leaders in India. Each of these films has faced its own challenges and controversies, but they have all contributed to the cinematic portrayal of political figures in India. The debate continues over which political biopic is the best, as there are different opinions on each film’s portrayal of its subject.
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