In his forthcoming plan to vanquish Nitish Kumar in his own kingdom, Narendra Modi needs a little help from cinema. The man to offer it is Manish Baradia. Last week, the 47-year-old called a meeting in Delhi, inviting a group of producers who would help add muscle to the Prime Minister’s audio-visual campaign for the Bihar elections. “I want the messenger and message, both strongly explained in the films,” he said to them. “Something that tells the people of Bihar, they need a change, a change for the good.” A “top secret”, the concepts would be shared with them by mid-August. Interestingly, Baradia said little about quality.

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