Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results: The election organizers are releasing the results of the Lok Sabha elections that were completed in seven phases. Many celebrities from the film world were also in the fray in this Lok Sabha election. Celebs like Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini, Ravi Kishan and Pawan Kalyan have won.
Film actors have had a long association with politics. There are many celebs who have been successful and active in politics for years. However, there are many celebs who got disillusioned with politics very soon. They came into politics with a lot of hopes but soon they distanced themselves from it and returned to Bollywood.
Amitabh Bachchan won on Congress ticket in 1984
Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan became disillusioned with politics years ago. His wife and actress Jaya Bachchan is active in politics but Amitabh Bachchan is not. In 1984, Big B contested the election from Allahabad seat on a Congress ticket and won with a huge margin. However, later when his name cropped up in the Bofors scam, he distanced himself from politics.
Rajesh Khanna also contested the election from Congress
Rajesh Khanna, the first superstar of Hindi cinema, entered politics at the behest of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. He lost the election from Delhi Lok Sabha seat in 1991. In the by-election held in 1992, he defeated BJP’s LK Advani. However, after 1996, Rajesh Khanna gave up politics.
Sanjay Dutt was going to contest elections from Lucknow on SP ticket
Famous actor Sanjay Dutt was going to contest elections from Lucknow on Samajwadi Party ticket in 2009, however his dream could not be fulfilled. Due to some reason, the Supreme Court had banned ‘Sanju Baba’ from contesting elections. In such a situation, SP gave him the post of General Secretary, but soon Sanjay got disillusioned with politics.
Sunny Deol also distanced himself from politics
Actor Sunny Deol joined BJP before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The party gave him a ticket from Gurdaspur in Punjab. He won a landslide victory from here. However, Sunny did not continue his political innings. He stepped away from politics in this Lok Sabha election.
Dharmendra has also been a BJP MP
It is worth noting that veteran actor Dharmendra has also been an MP. He was elected as an MP in the year 2004. Lok Sabha Elections He contested from Bikaner seat on BJP ticket. But after being an MP till 2009, the actor got disillusioned with politics.