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Post by James on Jun 2, 2014 4:15:51 GMT
There's quite a few of them in here, including Kiron Kher, which I find disappointing because I suppose I won't be seeing her in films! Bollywood makes grand entry into ParliamentTop Bollywood stars like Hema Malini, Smriti Irani, Vinod Khanna and Paresh Rawal, have entered the lower house of the Indian Parliament in 2014. Soap opera "bahu" Smriti Irani grabbed the cabinet rank as HRD minister under Modi's cabinet, while Hema Malini, who had a BJP ticket from Mathura succeeded by around 3.5 lakh votes, and Kirron Kher, also a BJP candidate, achieved victory in Chandigarh by around 69 thousand votes. Among male actors Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha & Paresh Rawal also entered the parliament with major triumphs from their respective constituencies. Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari, BJP candidate, and singer Babul Supriyo conquered Delhi North East constituency and West Bengal''s Asansol respectively. Moon Moon Sen, who contested from a TMC seat also got elected with great numbers.
The list isn't complete, either. Gul Panag tried to win with the Aam Aadmi party, but lost to Kiron Kher. Nagma also tried as a Congress candidate, but lost. Bappi Lahiri also tried his lock as a candidate from the BJP, but lost. There's probably others I'm not aware of. Can we hope that perhaps they'll help ensure cinema is understood by the current gov't?
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Post by odadune on Jun 2, 2014 12:01:59 GMT
Bollywood tends to not be quite as mixed up in politics as some of the South Indian film dynasties, but there's been a steady trickle of Bollywood actors turning politicians ever since Amitabh and Sunil Dutt did it in the 80s. Of the people mentioned in the article, Hema, Vinod, and Shatrughan have all been at the politics game for a while now. I guess what I'm saying is that if Bollywood hasn't had that much luck in the past with regard to say the entertainment tax or the censorship board, I don't know if it will have more now. Paresh is one of the few Bollywood people who's very plugged into Modi's inner circle, IIRC, so he would be the one most likely to have some influence there.
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