The trailer release of The Accidental Prime Minister, a film based on a book by former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s media advisor Sanjaya Baru, created a political controversy. Now the film is in news for a different reason. Anupam Kher, who plays the former Prime Minister in the movie, claimed that the trailer was not visible on the video streaming website YouTube whereas it was trending at "Number No 1" the previous day. "Dear @YouTube!!! I am getting messages & calls that in parts of our country if you type, trailer of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister, it is either not appearing or at 50th position. We were trending at No.1 yday. Please help. #HappyNewYear. #37millionviews 😊," he tweeted. Dear @YouTube!!! I am getting messages & calls that in parts of our country if you type, trailer of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister, it is either not appearing or at 50th position. We were trending at No.1 yday. Please help. #HappyNewYear. #37millionviews 😊 pic.twitter.com/KhoZJuxmmu — Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) January 1, 2019 Along with the tweet, the actor shared screengrabs of several people wondering why the trailer was removed. Kher's tweet prompted many others to check as well. While the trailer has not been removed or "gone missing" from YouTube, it does not appear in the top 50 search results. @AnupamPKher ji, Here's you find the trailer While you search on @YouTube "The Accidental Prime Minister Trailer" on the 47th position with 38m views. Shocking. Here's screenshot below. pic.twitter.com/D1wo9fDbo5 — #WeAreIndia (@TheSumitTyagi) January 1, 2019 @YouTubeIndia is shadow banning. #YoutubeHidingTAPM pic.twitter.com/drpJQnw70S — Ravi 🇮🇳 (@ravitank7) January 1, 2019 I just tried it on the @YouTube app after reading this tweet. I'm shocked. Picture attached. #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister @AnupamPKher pic.twitter.com/WmOn5ItcnJ — Kaushik (@GoonerCule) January 1, 2019 Sir, this is what I also found upon searching for it on YouTube. pic.twitter.com/R7oMIGKSX7 — Brahman Encounter Yogi 🙈🙉🙊 (@HospitalBaba) January 1, 2019 Perhaps an 'Accidental' omission 😀 — Bashneen Shamsudin (@Bashneen) January 1, 2019 True @YouTube is not show the trailer for the movie Accidental Prime Minister.. from next day after trailer release it's hidden. Even after scrolling down for long the movie trailer is not there on the YouTube channel pic.twitter.com/s9fdZVia9y — Patishapta (@patishapta) January 1, 2019 It true actually. 1 pic gives results if I type " The Accidental Prime Minster Trailer" And 2pic give results if I type "The Accidental Prime Minister Trailer Pen" pic.twitter.com/fFgOqXiYDZ — Ajit Mishra🇮🇳 (@Ajit_Mishra) January 1, 2019 right sir pic.twitter.com/TNPBfmzZQh — sumit zaildar (@zaildar_sumit) January 1, 2019 Yes it is not showing after 2-3 attempts it is showing last in the list. — vivek tripathi (@vivekbtext) January 1, 2019
