Based on the book "The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh" by Sanjay Baru, which was released in 2014.
In 2017, former Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani had said that the filmmakers will need to obtain a No-objection certificates from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Indian National Congress President Rahul Gandhi for the film.
last film of Ramesh Bhatkar who passed away 25 days after its release.
Tamil and Telugu version of the film released a week later after the Hindi version on 18th January 2019.
Upon release of the trailer Congress parties in Maharashtra objected to some incorrect facts shown in the film and decided to have screening of the film.