From the archive record
Dev Anand: "I am going to synchronise this film. You can shoot me called Mr. Prime Minister with the Anniversary of Indian Independence, and coincide it with my 60 years in Indian show business. This film was born on the day I was sitting on my sofa and I heard the news that India is facing a hung Parliament. For 10-12 days, nobody who was going to be the Prime Minister. So the idea struck me for a political satire." Dev Anand records song for Mr. Prime Minister: rare never-seen-before footage, with Bappi Lahiri! Bappi Lahiri : "I rapped with Amitabh Bachchan as well. But this was different with Dev saheb (Dev Anand). What he has done is unbelievable on his sixty years in the film industry, for Mr. Prime Minister. I used Indian instruments and beats. It is a total club song. It will defini