Editing Atal Bihari Vajpayee (section)

== In popular culture ==
The [[Films Division of India]] has produced the short documentary films ''Pride of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee'' (1998) and ''Know Your Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee'' (2003), both directed by Girish Vaidya, which explore different facets of his personality.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PRIDE OF INDIA ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE {{!}} Films Division|url=https://filmsdivision.org/shop/pride-of-india-atal-bihari-vajpayee|access-date=11 June 2021|website=filmsdivision.org|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611125418/https://filmsdivision.org/shop/pride-of-india-atal-bihari-vajpayee|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Know Your Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee {{!}} Films Division|url=https://filmsdivision.org/shop/know-your-prime-minister-atal-behari-vajpayee|access-date=11 June 2021|website=filmsdivision.org|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611125414/https://filmsdivision.org/shop/know-your-prime-minister-atal-behari-vajpayee|url-status=live}}</ref> Vajpayee also appears in a cameo in the 1977 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film ''[[Chala Murari Hero Banne]]'' by [[Asrani]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chala Murari Hero Banne (1977)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faQ_HK9kAYg| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/faQ_HK9kAYg| archive-date=28 October 2021|url-status=live|publisher=Cinecurry Classics}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

''[[Aap Ki Adalat]]'', an Indian talk show which airs on [[India TV]], featured an interview with Vajpayee just before the 1999 elections.<ref>{{Citation|title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Aap Ki Adalat (Full Episode)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBTVC7INyws| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/bBTVC7INyws| archive-date=28 October 2021|language=en|access-date=10 June 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Pradhanmantri]]'' ({{Literal translation|Prime Minister}}), a 2013 Indian documentary television series which aired on [[ABP News]] and covers the various policies and political tenures of Indian PMs, includes the tenureship of Vajpayee in the episodes "Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 13 days government and India during 1996–98", "Pokhran-II and Kargil War", and "2002 Gujarat Riots and Fall of Vajpayee Government".<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 December 2013|title=Pradhanmantri: When Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pos8Bc9rxU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/7pos8Bc9rxU| archive-date=28 October 2021|url-status=live|publisher=ABP News}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Abhishek Choudhary wrote an original portrait of Hindutva's first prime minister in ''VAJPAYEE: The Ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924–1977''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hebbar |first=Nistula |date=2 June 2023 |title=Review of Abhishek Choudhary's Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924-1977; The right man in the right party |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/politician-prime-minister-vajpayee-india-politics/article66896588.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327172234/https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/politician-prime-minister-vajpayee-india-politics/article66896588.ece |archive-date=27 March 2024 |access-date=27 February 2024 |work=The Hindu |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The book won the 2023 Tata Literature Live! First Book Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Literature Live! Book of The Year Award – Non Fiction |url=https://tatalitlive.in/awards/tata-literature-live-book-of-the-year-non-fiction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227125240/https://tatalitlive.in/awards/tata-literature-live-book-of-the-year-non-fiction/ |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=27 February 2024 |work=Tata Literature Live}}</ref>

In 2019, Shiva Sharma and Zeeshan Ahmad, owners of Amaash Films, acquired the official rights of the book ''The Untold Vajpayee written'' by Ullekh N P, to make a biopic based on Vajpayee's life from his childhood, college life and finally turning into a politician.<ref>{{Cite news |last=IANS |date=27 August 2019 |title=Movie to be made on former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's life |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/atal-bihari-vajpayees-life-story-to-hit-the-big-screen/article29269969.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415061229/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/atal-bihari-vajpayees-life-story-to-hit-the-big-screen/article29269969.ece |archive-date=15 April 2021 |access-date=19 March 2021 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 August 2019 |title=Biopic on Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Tentatively Titled The Untold Vajpayee, To Hit The Big Screen |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/entertainment-news-biopic-on-atal-bihari-vajpayee-tentatively-titled-the-untold-vajpayee-to-hit-the-big-screen/337268 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415061110/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/entertainment-news-biopic-on-atal-bihari-vajpayee-tentatively-titled-the-untold-vajpayee-to-hit-the-big-screen/337268 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |access-date=19 March 2021 |work=Outlook}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=IANS |date=27 August 2019 |title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee's life story to hit the big screen as 'The Untold Vajpaye' |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywood/atal-bihari-vajpayees-life-story-to-hit-the-big-screen-as-the-untold-vajpaye |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415061227/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywood/atal-bihari-vajpayees-life-story-to-hit-the-big-screen-as-the-untold-vajpaye |archive-date=15 April 2021 |access-date=19 March 2021 |work=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref>

Hindi-language film "[[Main Atal Hoon]]", starring [[Pankaj Tripathi]] as Vajpayee, was theatrically released in India on 19 January 2024.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Farzeen |first1=Sana |date=19 January 2024 |title=Main Atal Hoon Review: Pankaj Tripathi is 'atal' in attempt to save shaky biopic |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/main-atal-hoon-review-pankaj-tripathi-is-atal-in-attempt-to-save-shaky-biopic-2490607-2024-01-19 |magazine=India Today |access-date=20 January 2024 |archive-date=20 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120122452/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/main-atal-hoon-review-pankaj-tripathi-is-atal-in-attempt-to-save-shaky-biopic-2490607-2024-01-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>