
India
Narendra Modi biopic should not release before 19 May to ensure free and fair election, say Election Commission sources
To ensure a free and fair election, the Election Commission of India on Thursday expressed that it is of the view that the Vivek Oberoi-starrer PM Narendra Modi should not be released till 19 May.

India
By stalling release of Narendra Modi biopic, EC is holding creative process to ransom for political considerations
This sort of decision not only denigrates voters, but has a certain elitist attitude that the “EC knows what is best for the ignorant and the illiterate” masses.

Politics
Narendra Modi biopic won't release during LS polls, says EC, dubs such films 'surrogate publicity'; order applicable to NaMo TV as well, claim reports
The Election Commission has stalled the release of PM Narendra Modi, a day before its release. The polling watchdog has held that biopics are 'surrogate publicity' and 'threaten level playing field".