gandhi it is a period political thriller film directed by madhur bhandarkar the film generated controversy ever since its trailer released congress supporters criticised bhandarkars attempt to portray former indira gandhi and her son sanjay gandhi in a bad light however the director clarified that it was not a biopic on the former pm under whose regime the emergency was declaredraajneeti 2010it is a political thriller directed by prakash jha while the title literally translates to politics the story draws parallels with the mahabharata where shades of the epics protagonists can be seen in the characters portrayed raajneeti was initially denied a certificate by the censor board which felt that the lead character played by katrina kaif was inspired from the congresss sonia gandhi and rashtriya janata dals rabri devi prakash jha dismissed this allegation saying his only inspiration was the mahabharatainputs by srijoymukherjeetimesgroupcom