Bollywood stars take new roles

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India's incoming parliament, besides being younger than the outgoing one,
also boasts a fair share of glamour thanks to a plethora of stars from the
Hindi film industry who won parliamentary seats. The victorious candidates
from Bollywood include yesteryear heroes Dharmendra, who won from the
western desert state of Rajasthan on a Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) ticket, former upper house MP Jaya Prada and Bollywood leading
man Govinda. The run-up to the polls also saw fierce competition among the
various political parties to enlist stars to campaign for their candidates.
The BJP was first off the starting block, announcing the enrolment of the
"dream girl" of the 1970s, Hema Malini; former stars Poonam Dhillon,
Jitendra and Suresh Oberoi and former Miss World Yukta Mookhey. Not to be
left out, the Congress signed up the bad man of Bollywood, Shakti Kapoor,
and sex symbol of the 1970s Zeenat Aman, leading lady of south Indian films
Nagma and former Miss India Celina Jaitley, as well as comedian Asrani. With
the marathon election process finally over, the victorious stars are now
getting ready to take the oath as MPs.

Source:
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