Vivek Oberoi is star campaigner for BJP in Gujarat
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Actor Vivek Oberoi, who is playing the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a yet-to-be-released biopic, is among the 40 star campaigners
for the ruling BJP in Gujarat.
Other actors on the star campaigner list include Union minister Smriti Irani as well as Hema Malini and Paresh Rawal, both sitting Lok Sabha MPs, the latter opting out this time.
The obvious names on the list, submitted to the Election Commission by the BJP, are PM Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah, who is fighting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar.
The Omang Kumar-directed biopic, titled PM Narendra Modi, is facing legal hurdles with the opposition complaining to the Election Commission about the timing of its release against the backdrop of the April-May Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress, as well as other opposition parties, have claimed that the film is less a biopic and more a hagiography and will give undue mileage and advantage to the BJP in the general elections.
A Congress leader has also filed a public interest litigation against the release of the film in the Supreme Court, hearing of which is scheduled for Monday.
Party sources said Oberoi will campaign in various constituencies in the state though a detailed schedule is yet to be drawn up.
The star campaigner list also includes former MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Scindia.
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movie out on 11 april the director tweeted
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Omung Kumar, director of film PM Narendra Modi tweets that the biopic will release on April 11.
‘Thank you everyone for your support. Here’s the date when our film PM Narendra Modi will be releasing. 11th April. Jai hind,’ the tweet said.
The release of the biopic, which was supposed to be released today, was deferred indefinitely yesterday, its producer Sandip Ssingh had said.
The Election Commission was expeted to take a final call on the release of the movie today.
The Opposition raised the pitch for deferring the release of the film by citing poll code violation.
Sources in the Central Board of Film Certification said the film was yet to get a clearance.
The biopic was originally set to release on April 12, but its producers had advanced it by a week, claiming ‘public demand’. — with ANI inputs
He is doing it free or being paid now just like he was demanding before ?
he is deshbahkt and they dont charge money… 
His movie on biopic postponed indefinitely by producer.