A Bollywood First – A Film about Hitler

'Dear Friend Hitler' gearing up for production

A new Bollywood film is to depict Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun.

The film, intriguingly titled Dear Friend Hitler will focus on the Fuhrer’s relationships and his last days in the Berlin Bunker when he married Braun, his mistress.

Playing the title roles are Anupam Kher – who once played Ghandi – and Neha Dhupia, a former Miss India and known more for her roles in rom-coms.

Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, the film’s director, said

“As a leader, he was successful. Why did he lose as a human being, what were the problems, what were the issues, what were his intentions, this is what we want to show. The aim is for the film to be an international release.”

He supposedly chose lead Kher for the part due his physical likeness to Hitler

The actor said, “I already have an image, I am a known actor, so it will be doubly hard work for me to take away that image. He’s one of the most interesting characters of our times.”

What may in time prove a controversial twist in the tale, Kumar said he hoped to demonstrate Hitler’s “love for India” and how the mono-testicular fascist leader played an indirect part in the independence of the subcontinent.

“The film will not show the love life of Adolf Hitler. It will show [the] Eva who had been rarely spoken about in history,” Kumar told Indian news agency IANS. “Eva had been Hitler’s girlfriend since she was 17 years old. The film shows how she comes into his life in his last days. They got married 42 hours before he died (30 April 1945).”

Although the Third Reich and Hilter have been portrayed on the big and small screen countless times, Dear Friend Hitler is thought to be the first Indian effort.