Dear Friend Hitler
Dear Friend Hitler Hindi , released in India as Gandhi to Hitler, is a multilingual Indian drama film based on 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 positive reviews. Film Business Asia quoted that despite the provocative title, the film is not a tribute to the murderous Fhrer. It premiered in India onJuly 2011.
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 Hitlers massacre of millions of Jews. The filmmakers accused Kher of not returning the lakh400,000 rupees he had been paid after signing the contract and consequently sued him for 2.5 croremillion 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.British newspaper, The Guardian, declared the film to be profoundly misguided and to show a shocking ignorance of history. Noah Massil, president of the Central Organization of Indian Jews in Israel COIJI stated that he would write to President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene in order to prevent bringing disrepute to Indian entertainment industry, but the filmmakers claimed that the film does not glorify Hitler, but rather juxtaposes him against Gandhis ideology of peace. ........
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