MUMBAI: Debut director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar’s Dear Friend Hitler is all set to release in May.

A multilingual, produced by Anil K Sharma, the film is based on letters written by Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler.

The film was initially thought to be controversial, but this died down after it was screened at the Berlin Film Festival recently where it was appreciated for depicting the facts without glorifying Hitler.

Raghuvir Yadav plays the role of the dictator while Neha Dhupia plays his lover Eva Braun.

Interestingly, Anupam Kher was to play the role of Hitler, but he backed out after Jewish organisations in India condemned him for enacting the ruthless ruler who had massacred millions of Jews.