The official trailer of upcoming Manoj Bajpayee film Governor was released in Mumbai on Monday. The film is set to release on June 12.
Based in the early 1990s, the film claims to be based on true events around the nation’s economical policy overhauling and its embracing of privatisation, paving path for free economy and a globally connected contemporary India. The trailer establishes Manoj Bajpayee as an economist, who is also an outsider to the system he hopes to change. As the country faces a major economic crisis and the possible risk of civil war and famine, the misfit protagonist devises an elaborate plan, while bringing it in action as a secret mission, that promises to save the country from an economic collapse, even gradually winning the confidence of those initially opposed to him.
Adah Sharma plays a journalist desperate to unravel the mystery as the higher authorities reach a solution beneficial to the nation. The ensemble cast includes Madhoo and Noushad Mohamed Kunju.
Chinmay Mandlekar, who is largely known for his acting work in films like The Kashmir Files and Gandhi vs Godse among others, helms direction for the film. Governor is produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah under Sunshine Pictures banner, who has also bankrolled the controversial The Kerala Story franchise among many other films.
Vipul also shares screenwriting credits with Suvendu Bhatacharjee, Saurabh Bharat, and Ravi Asrani. For its music, the film also reunites Javed Akhtar and Amit Trivedi after many years.
In the technical team, the film has cinematographer Vishal Sinha, editors Meghna Manchanda Sen and Sanjay Sharma. The background music is by Mannan Shah, who also composed the score for The Kerala Story 2.
At the box office, Governor is slated to clash against Imtiaz Ali’s Main Vaapas Aaunga, which deals with the themes of partition, and lost love.
