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Devoted to democracy: B-Town celebs who would vote and who wouldn't

Updated on: 24 April,2014 08:03 AM IST  | 
Sonali Joshi Pitale and Gaurav Dubey |

Even as the city heads to polls today, several celebs in B-town are going all out altering their work schedules in order to exercise their right to vote. While some others are apparently not to be found on the voters' list

Devoted to democracy: B-Town celebs who would vote and who wouldn't

Sukhwinder Singh, Esha Gupta, Kangna Ranaut, Sohail Khan

While a fair share of celebs has flown down to Florida, USA, to take part in International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) this weekend, the rest of the fraternity is doing its bit in order to step out and cast its vote today. For instance, Kangna Ranaut, who is promoting her film 'Revolver Rani', has managed to get a day’s break. A source says, “She was supposed to go to Ahmedabad and Jaipur, but now that trip has been cancelled. Now she may visit these cities after the film’s release.”


Kangna Ranaut, who is promoting her forthcoming film
Kangna Ranaut, who is promoting her forthcoming film 'Revolver Rani', has managed to receive a day’s break


Suniel Shetty has already postponed the promotional tour for his film, 'Koyelaanchal', to be able to vote.


Farhan Akhtar postponed his trip to Florida for an awards do because he wanted to stay back in Mumbai and cast his vote first
Farhan Akhtar postponed his trip to Florida for an awards do because he wanted to stay back in Mumbai and cast his vote first

Meanwhile, Farhan Akhtar who will be attending the IIFA awards in Florida, has declared that he will cast his vote and then go to the US. In a recent interview, he even appealed to everyone to vote.

The team of Subhash Ghai’s film,
The team of Subhash Ghai’s film, 'Kaanchi', which is slated to release tomorrow, has also decided to take a break from promotional activities keeping the Election Day in mind

The team of Subhash Ghai’s film, 'Kaanchi', which is slated to release tomorrow, has also decided to halt its promotions for a day. Sukhvinder Singh, who has lent his voice to a song in the film, says, “When the film’s promotional schedule was being planned, all of us informed the team that we wanted to keep everything aside on Election Day. Our marketing team has planned the promotions accordingly. I was also supposed to fly to Bangalore for a recording, but I have pushed that ahead now.”

Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh

Taking a stand

At a Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) meeting between film producers and other artistes, it was decided that producers would either cancel their shoots today or begin shooting only after 2pm. Dilip Pithwa, general secretary, FWICE, says that he has already written to all four producers’ bodies requesting them to let their unit members (artistes and technicians) go vote.

Neha Dhupia requested the producer of her upcoming film to delay the shoot so that all the unit members will have ample time to cast their votes
Neha Dhupia requested the producer of her upcoming film to delay the shoot so that all the unit members will have ample time to cast their votes

Accordingly, the unit of the Neha Dhupia-starrer, 'Ekees Topoon Ki Salaami', will start its shoot late. Says a source, “Neha requested the producer, Abhinav Shukla, to let the shoot start late. Now all unit members will have enough time to cast their vote and head to the sets for the shoot. The producer has also agreed to the same.”

At recording studios too, work will startonly post 2pm. BM Tiwari of Sound Engineers Association adds, “All technicians have been instructed to report to work later on account of elections. Only those who have to send in their episodes earlier on have been given some concession. Then again, they have been asked to vote before getting to work.”

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