Neeraj Pandey has received many accolades for his film ‘Special 26’. The recent pat on the back came straight from the senior member of BJP L.K Advani. L.K Advani's daughter Pratibha arranged a special screening for her parents as a gesture on their 53rd wedding anniversary.

"When my daughter Pratibha saw ‘Special 26’, she, knowing that I had liked Neeraj Pandey’s first film ‘A Wednesday’, commended this second film also to me and added: ‘This is the month of February. And 25th of February is Special for you and Mom. It is your Marriage Anniversary. Why not have a show at Mahadev Road Auditorium for friends?’ And that is how we family and friends enjoyed the film that day."

Added Mr. Advani, "After four years, Pandey has produced yet another thriller in the form of Special 26".

With Anupam Kher common to both his ventures, this second film has one advantage over Neeraj’s debut film - that this is based on an actual event of 1987. Yet another advantage this has is that the cast includes several other well known actors like Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpai and Jimmy Shergill.