Mere Pyare Prime Minister
{{short description|2018 Indian film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mere Pyare Prime Minister
| image = Mere Pyare Prime Minister poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
| producer = Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
P.S. Bharathi
Navmeet Singh
Rajiv Tandon
Arpit Vyas
| writer = Manoj Mairta
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Hussain Dalal
| starring = Anjali Patil
Om Kanojiya
Atul Kulkarni
Makrand Deshpande
| music = Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
| editing = Meghna Manchanda Sen
| cinematography = Pawel Dyllus
| studio = ROMP Pictures
Aham Brahmasmi Entertainment
PVR Cinemas
| distributor = Pen Studios
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2018|10|23|Rome Film Festival|2019|03|15}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}03.9 million{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/merey-pyarey-prime-minister/box-office/ |title=Merey Pyarey Prime Minister box office collection till now |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=15 March 2019 |accessdate=23 March 2019}}
}}
Mere Pyare Prime Minister ({{Translation|My Dear Prime Minister}}) is a 2018{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/rakeysh-omprakash-mehras-mere-pyare-prime-minister-to-release-on-15th-march-2019/articleshow/67690545.cms |title=Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' to release on 15th March 2019 |date=25 January 2019 |newspaper=The Times of India |accessdate=26 March 2019}}
Indian Hindi-language social-drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.{{cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/rakeysh-omprakash-mehra-s-mere-pyare-prime-minister-first-poster-released-trailer-out-on-february-10-119020800775_1.html |title=Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' first poster released |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=8 February 2019 |publisher=Business Standard |accessdate=8 February 2019}} It stars Anjali Patil, Om Kanojiya, Atul Kulkarni, Makrand Deshpande, Niteesh Wadhwa and Rasika Agashe.{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mere-pyare-prime-minister-trailer-rakeysh-omprakash-mehra-film-looks-promising-5577398/ |title=Mere Pyare Prime Minister trailer: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's film looks promising |date=10 February 2019 |publisher=The Indian Express |accessdate=10 February 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mere-pyare-prime-ministers-poster-highlights-eight-year-old-kanhus-dream-for-his-mother/20384184 |title=Mere Pyare Prime Minister's poster highlights eight-year-old Kanhu's dream for his mother |date=9 February 2019 |publisher=Mid-Day |accessdate=9 February 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/a-closer-look-at-the-rebels-of-sonchiriya-mere-pyare-prime-minister-new-poster-social-media-stalkers-guide-6051651.html |title=A closer look at 'The Rebels of Sonchiriya'; Mere Pyare Prime Minister |date=8 February 2019 |publisher=The First Post |accessdate=8 February 2019}} The film follows an eight-year-old boy who decides to write a letter to the Prime Minister of India after his mother is raped.{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/reel/912735/mere-pyare-prime-minister-trailer-a-boy-travels-from-a-mumbai-slum-to-delhi-to-right-a-wrong |title=Mere Pyare Prime Minister – A boy travels from a Mumbai slum to Delhi to right a wrong |date=10 February 2019 |publisher=Scroll.in |accessdate=10 February 2019}} The film brings into focus the issues of defecation in open and sanitation problems faced in slums.{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2018/dec/20/rakeysh-omprakash-mehras%E2%80%8B-mere-pyare-prime-minister-release-moved-to-march-8-2019-1914237.html |title=Rakeysh Mehra's film tells a big message through a little boy |work=The New Indian Express |publisher=The New Indian Express |access-date=10 February 2019 |last1=Archive |first1=From our Online }} It was the only Asian film which was screened at the Rome Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/rakeysh-omprakash-mehras-mere-pyaare-prime-minister-only-asian-film-to-be-screened-at-rome-film-festival-5457221.html |title=Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Mere Pyare Prime Minister only Asian film to be screened at Rome Film Festival |date=27 October 2018 |publisher=The First Post |accessdate=27 October 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/mere-pyaare-prime-minister-screened-at-rome-film-festival-118102700267_1.html |title=Mere Pyare Prime Minister' screened at Rome Film Festival |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=27 October 2018 |publisher=Business Standard |accessdate=27 October 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/oct/28/mere-pyaare-prime-minister-screened-at-rome-film-festival-8508.html |title=Mere Pyaare Prime Minister screened at Rome Film Festival |publisher=cinemaexpress.com |accessdate=27 October 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/africa/english/pennews-epaper-pennws/mere+pyaare+prime+minister+only+asian+film+screened+at+rome+film+festival-newsid-100294091 |title='Mere Pyare Prime Minister' only Asian film screened at Rome Film Festival. |publisher=Dailyhunt |accessdate=28 October 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/mere-pyaare-prime-minister-screened-at-rome-film-festival/1385331 |title='Mere Pyare Prime Minister' screened at Rome Film Festival |publisher=freepressjournal.in |accessdate=27 October 2018}} The film was released on 15 March 2019 in theatres.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/mere-pyare-prime-minister-rakeysh-omprakash-mehra-reveals-the-release-date-of-his-film/articleshow/67175030.cms |title=Mere Pyare Prime Minister': Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra reveals the release date of his film |work=The Times of India |date=12 February 2019}}
Plot
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The story revolves around the film's eight-year-old protagonist, Kannu (Kanojia), who lives in a slum and dreams of building a toilet for his mother. After his mother Sargam (Patil) is raped when she goes out in the night to defecate in the open, Kannu takes charge of improving the conditions in the slum.
In his quest to build a toilet, Kannu writes a letter to the prime minister and travels to New Delhi from Mumbai with his comrades Ringtone (Bharti) and Nirala (Prasad). The fourth member of their gang Mangla (Syna Anand) is providing support to the family back in Mumbai. After they give their letter to the office in Delhi, they return to Mumbai where Sargam is very worried for Kannu. When defecating near the pipes, Kannu mistakenly falls in the water and his friend, Ringtone jumps in to save him. Sargam comes to find Kannnu and Ringtone unharmed. The Toilet is eventually built but a public toilet not a private one but Kannu is still grateful that it was at least built. The slum residents all come to celebrate the toilet being built and inaugurate it.
Cast
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- Om Kanojiya as Kanhaiya 'Kanhu' 'Kanna'
- Anjali Patil as Sargam
- Atul Kulkarni as Prime minister's official
- Makarand Deshpande as Sainath Adgale
- Rasika Agashe as Rabiya
- Sonia Albizuri as Eva Patten
- Syna Anand as Mangla
- Adarsh Bharti as Ringtone
- Prasad as Nirala
- Nachiket Purnapatre as Sajju
- Niteesh Wadhwa as Pappu Pandey
- Jigyasa Yaduwanshi as Lady Cop
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Production
= Development =
The director of the film, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has made films on stories based on Delhi. This time he based the story of his film, Mere Pyare Prime Minister, on the life of people in slums of Mumbai. Mehra said, "The subject has been simmering on a slow fire for three years. I'm a Delhi boy and all my films – Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Mirzya – were all set in the North. But I've been living in Mumbai since 1988 and seen it transform into a world city. The buildings are taller now but there are still slums around them that have always intrigued me and made me follow the path of Salaam Bombay, Slumdog Millionaire and other stories which have grown out of them."
He noted the film was not so much about comparisons as a story of people and relationships.
=Casting=
National award-winning actress Anjali Patil was selected to play mother of the child protagonist around whom the film revolves. Three kids living in the slums were selected to play role of his friends.{{cite web |url=http://www.afternoondc.in/bollywood/mehras-next-film-is-mere-pyare-prime-minister/article_195226 |title=Mehra's next film is 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' |date=19 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.punjabkesari.in/entertainment/news/exclusive-interview-with-the-starcast-of-film-mere-pyare-prime-minister-965121 |title=Exclusive Interview: आंखें खोल देगी 'मेरे प्यारे प्राइम मिनिस्टर' |date=13 March 2019 |publisher=Punjab Kesari |language=hi}}
= Filming =
Soundtrack
{{Infobox album
| name = Mere Pyare Prime Minister
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 14 March 2019
| recorded = 2017–18
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Feature Film Soundtrack
| length = 18:18
| label = Sony Music India
Saregama Music (Baja Baja Dhol Baja)
| language = Hindi
| producer =
| misc =
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
| type = Soundtrack
| prev_title = Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
| prev_year = 2019
| title = Mere Pyare Prime Minister
| year = 2019
| next_title = Saaho
| next_year = 2019
}}}}
The film's music is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and lyrics written by Gulzar.
{{Tracklist
| headline=Track listing
| total_length= 18:18
| extra_column=Singer(s)
| title1= Mere Pyare Prime Minister – Title Track
| extra1= Arijit Singh
| length1= 3:42
| title2= Rezgaariyaan
| extra2= Shivam Mahadevan, Shankar Mahadevan
| length2= 4:11
| title3= Kanha Re
| extra3= Rekha Bhardwaj
| length3= 5:00
| title4= Bajaa Bajaa Dhol Bajaa
| extra4= Shankar Mahadevan, Divya Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Rekha Bhardwaj, Shrinidhi Ghatate, Neela Mulhekar
| length4= 5:25
}}
Release
= Home media =
The film became available as VOD on Netflix on 30 May 2019.{{cite web |title=Mere Pyare Prime Minister |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80237006?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp |website=Netflix |date=May 2019 |accessdate=29 September 2019}}
Reception
Critical review:
Rajen Sen of Hindustan Times gave Mere Pyare Prime Minister three stars out of five, calling it 'an earnest fairy-tale, modest but far from memorable'.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=15 March 2019 |title=Mere Pyare Prime Minister movie review: A film featuring kids but not a film for kids |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mere-pyare-prime-minister-movie-review-rakeysh-omprakash-mehra-delivers-a-fun-and-filthy-fairy-tale/story-bNlzS7RnkjNWsPCbmUodEL.html|access-date=7 July 2020 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|8207768}}
- {{Bollywood Hungama movie|merey-pyarey-prime-minister}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/mere_pyare_prime_minister}}
{{Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra}}
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