Dear Friend Hitler
| Dear Friend Hitler | |
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| Directed by | Rakesh Ranjan Kumar |
| Produced by | Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma |
| Screenplay by | Rakesh Ranjan Kumar |
| Story by | Nalin Singh Rakesh Ranjan Kumar |
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Raghubir Yadav Neha Dhupia Aman Verma |
| Music by | Arvind-Lyton Background Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury |
| Cinematography | Fuwad Khan |
| Edited by | Shree Narayan Singh |
| Distributed by | Amrapali Media Vision Pvt. Ltd. |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Dear Friend Hitler (Hindi: प्रिय मित्र हिटलर), released in India as Gandhi to Hitler, is a multilingual Indian drama film based on the movie " Der Untergang" or " The Downfall" letters written by Mohandas Gandhi to the leader of the Nazi Party and Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler. The film, starring Raghubir Yadav as Adolf Hitler and Neha Dhupia as Eva Braun, was directed by Rakesh Ranjan Kumar and produced by Anil Kumar Sharma under the production house Amrapali media vision. It was screened at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival where it received negative reviews.Film Business Asia quoted that "despite the provocative title, the film is not a tribute to the murderous Führer". It premiered in India on 29 July 2011.
The film is set during World War II and centres upon the letters written by Mohandas Gandhi (Avijit Dutt) to Adolf Hitler (Raghubir Yadav), and around the relationship of Hitler with his long-term lover Eva Braun (Neha Dhupia), whom he married in his final days in the Berlin bunker in which they died. The film depicts the difference between the ideologies of Gandhi and Hitler and claims the superiority of Gandhism over Nazism.
Anupam Kher had originally agreed to play the role of Hitler, but he backed out after Jewish organisations in India condemned him for playing the part because of Hitler's massacre of millions of Jews. The filmmakers accused Kher of not returning the ₹4 lakh(400,000 rupees) he had been paid after signing the contract and consequently sued him for ₹2.5 crore (25 million rupees). However, Kher perceived it as a way of filmmakers to promote their film before the release. It is the only mainstream Bollywood film to refer to Indian Legion.
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