Main Atal Hoon (stylised as Main ATAL Hoon) is a 2024 Hindi language biographical film directed by Ravi Jadhav and written by Rishi Virmani. It stars Pankaj Tripathi as Former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The film is produced by Vinod Bhanushali, Sandeep Singh and Kamlesh Bhanushali under the banner Bhanushali Studios Limited and Legend Studios.
The film was theatrically released in India on 19 January 2024. The film was a box office bomb.
Premise The film follows the life of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former prime minister of India.
It highlights Vajpayee's role in leading India during challenging times, including the Kargil War with Pakistan and the Pokhran nuclear tests. It also explores the man behind the politician, revealing his personal struggles and relationships with family and friends beyond party lines, as well as his love for poetry and literature.
Cast Pankaj Tripathi as Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Atalji), Prime Minister of India Piyush Mishra as Krishna Bihari Vajpayee, Atalji's father and a school teacher Raja Rameshkumar Sevak as Lal Krishna "L. K." Advani (Lalji) Daya Shankar Pandey as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pramod Pathak as Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Payal Nair as Indira Gandhi Rajesh Khatri as Morarji Desai Eklakh Khan as Jayaprakash Narayan Harshad Kumar as Pramod Mahajan Haresh Khatri as Jawaharlal Nehru Sapna Yadav as Kamala Nehru Paula McGlynn as Sonia Gandhi Gauri Sukhtankar as Sushma Swaraj Salim Mulla as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, aerospace, defence and nuclear scientist Prasanna Ketkar as M. S. Golwalkar Ajay Purkar as K. B. Hedgewar Rajesh Dubey as Nanaji Deshmukh Krishna Saajnani as Reporter Ekta Kaul as Rajkumari Kaul Harshal Gire as Muniwar
Production Filming The principal photography of film went on floors on 7 May 2023 in Mumbai followed by an extensive shoot in Lucknow and ended on 15 July 2023.
Music
The music of the film is composed by Salim–Sulaiman, Payal Dev, Kailash Kher and Amitraj while the background score is composed by Monty Sharma.
The first single titled "Desh Pehle" was released on 25 December 2023. The second single titled "Ram Dhun" was released on 4 January 2023. The third single titled "Hindu Tan-Man" was released on 11 January 2023.
Release Main Atal Hoon was released in theaters on 19 January 2024. The film was digitally premiered on ZEE5 from 14 March 2024.
Reception Box office The film reportedly earned 1 crore on its day of release. Internationally too, it failed to get much attention drawing only $1.5 million at the global box office in its first week.
Critical response Tripathi's performance was praised by the critics, but the editing of the movie was criticised.
A reviewer from Bollywood Hungama awarded the film 2/5 stars and wrote "Main Atal Hoon rests on Pankaj Tripathi’s outstanding performance. But it suffers big time due to its flawed and disjointed narrative." Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Despite Pankaj Tripathi's inspired portrayal, the film is reduced to a rah-rah hagiography of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and fails to do justice to his multiple facets."
NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee rated the film 2/5 and wrote "In a purely cinematic sense, it is impossible to be enthused over what Main Atal Hoon has to offer. But in the context of the film's undisguised raison d'etre, it may not be a total washout."
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