Amid high security, many Bollywood celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Varun Dhawan, Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor and legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar cast their ballots in Mumbai to vote in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections on Monday.
Paparazzi in Mumbai were on fire as they flooded their Instagram pages with pictures of B-town biggies posing with inked index fingers, proof of having voted in India. Some celebrities also shared their "vote for India" images on their verified handles.
View this post on Instagram#ShahRukhKhan #GauriKhan arrive to cast their vote in Mumbai today #elections2019 #ManavManglani
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View this post on Instagram#HrithikRoshan post casting his vote in Mumbai today #monday #ManavManglani
Actor Ritesh Deshmukh and his wife, actress Genelia D'Souza were also spotted leaving the polling booths, among others. Ritesh is the son of former Indian minister late Vilasrao Deshmukh, who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2004-2008.
Following Ritesh's absence from Instagram, Genelia shared a picture of the couple showing off their inked fingers, captioned -- "Go Vote -you are the master of your destiny."
Netizens took to social media to share their reactions on Bollywood A-listers casting their votes just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the who’s who of the Indian film fraternity on New Delhi over the weekend.
Our film and entertainment industry is diverse and vibrant.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 19, 2019
Its impact internationally is also immense.
Our films, music and dance have become very good ways of connecting people as well as societies.
Here are more pictures from the interaction today. pic.twitter.com/711sKni29l
Meeting the bollywood with Gandhian thoughts (versus Savarkar), is in itself aimed at Maharashtra polls. But will it add up as votes? No way.
— hope (@pokkirism) October 21, 2019
I think Nadrendra Modi ji is a politician and why all of sudden he met with Bollywood starts is because of Maharashtra elections and at least he will some more votes because of this !!!
— Ramadasa REDDY (@RamadasaReddy) October 21, 2019
Actor @aamir_khan votes at a polling booth in #Bandra (West) , says "Appeal to all citizens of #Maharashtra to come out and vote in large numbers". #MaharashtraAssemblyPolls #MaharashtraElections2019 #Bollywood #AamirKhan pic.twitter.com/O85sHQeBCk
— Nedrick Films (@nedrickfilms) October 21, 2019
The results of Maharashtra’s state elections are slated to be announced on 24 October.