A recent clipping of an undated video is going viral on social media and it is of actor Anupam Kher who alleged that in 2014, ahead of the general elections, a group of film industry figures circulated a letter urging that Narendra Modi should not become Prime Minister. He stated that he declined to sign it.
In an interview with TV9 Bharatvarsh that took place in July 2025, Kher said that around seventy film personalities had endorsed the appeal, but he refused when approached. “A person who has been Chief Minister of Gujarat for 14 years — why should he not become Prime Minister?” he said, adding that he saw no reason to join such a campaign.
Kher criticised what he described as the “left wing” elite in the film and intellectual circles, alleging hypocrisy and detachment from common people. He claimed that those who spoke in the name of socialism lived in luxury while offering little tangible support to the displaced or the poor.
Referring to his Kashmiri Pandit roots, Kher said the suffering of the community had long been ignored. He alleged that successive governments and sections of the media had suppressed the scale of the violence and displacement. Speaking about The Kashmir Files, he said the film had unsettled those who had dismissed the community’s tragedy, calling the reaction to it an example of “panic and propaganda labelling.”
This Bollywood film industry had planned the end of Modiji even before he began! pic.twitter.com/h2hV6G9Ura
— JyotiKarma🚩🇮🇳 (@JyotiKarma7) November 3, 2025
And today, we see that every Bollywood star is craving for a selfie with the Prime Minister.
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