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Bollywood Hitler 'worst film of 2011'

July 29, 2011 15:01
A still from Gandhi to Hitler

ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

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A Bollywood film about Hitler which members of the Indian Jewish community dubbed as "ignorant" when it was announced has been panned by critics.

Gandhi To Hitler, a Bollywood take on the correspondence between the Indian and Nazi leaders and the end of the Third Reich was the subject of controversy when the project was announced last year.

Anupam Kher, the actor due to play the Nazi leader, eventually dropped out after facing criticism.

The film was released in India on Friday, but news site DNA India told filmgoers to avoid it "at all costs". The reviewer said that director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar had presented a "botched up and ineffective" account of history.