In honour of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 98th birthday, the producers of Main Atal Hoon debuted his first glimpse as the former prime leader on Sunday. Pankaj Tripathi is a gifted performer.

The actor posted a series of images of himself as Vajpayee on Instagram, highlighting the different facets of his legendary reputation as the “prime minister, poet, statesman, and gentleman.”

“To realise the personality of ‘Atal’ ji on screen, I need to work on my personality, I know this. I have the firm belief that I will be able to do justice to the new role based on motivation and morale,” Tripathi wrote in the caption.

Filmmaker Ravi Jadhav, known for National Award-winning movies Natarang and Balgandharva, is directing Main Atal Hoon from a script by Utkarsh Naithani.

Produced by Vinod Bhanushali, Sandeep Singh, Sam Khan and Kamlesh Bhanushali, the movie will be released in theatres in December 2023.