Yeh hai filmi chakkar

Ticket kataao: Actress Nagma leaving Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence after a meeting in the capitalu00a0 recently Pic/ MiDDAY

Talking of manifestoes, development will always be mentioned as an issue, but only for a few months before the elections. Once the race heats up, it will be sidelined in favour of other (non) issues.

In the south, film stars MGR and NTR have managed to form state governments. Now, even Chiranjeevi is making an attempt.

Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Singh, Jaya Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Govinda have all made their way into Parliament, while Nagma is planning to do so.

But what if the film industry takes over Indian politics in the years to come? The scripts and speeches of Indian politics will definitely change. Here are some ways in which this could happen:

* An actor vying for the Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket will challenge his Congress rival saying, "Yeh haath mujhe de de Thakur."

* If there are two prime ministerial candidates in the BJP, they will be called Ek Phool Do Mali.

* If the Congress faces a similar situation it will be Ek Kursi, Barah Haath.

* A Left prime minister will be called Lal Badshah.

* An alliance with the BSP will be titled Haathi Mere Saathi.

* In fact, even portfolios may be renamed.

* Prime Minister: Director

* Finance Minister: Producer

* Defence Minister: Action Director

* Minister for Foreign Affairs: Overseas producer

* Food Minister: Production controller

* Cabinet: Crew

* India's revenue will be referred to as box office collections.

* Rashtrapati Bhavan will be turned into a studio where periodical films can be shot.

2024 is still long away. Hopefully, our politicians will take this threat seriously and work towards making India a super-hit nation.

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