MUMBAI: This summer, you can catch your favourite movie star in a cricket stadium or at a political rally and not at a film shoot. Reason? Actors and directors have decided to reschedule shoots in favour of turning star campaigners for political parties or celebrity supporters for a cricket team. Some are even contesting the elections themselves.
Ajay Devgan’s home production starring Samajwadi Party candidate Sanjay Dutt has been postponed from March to May keeping in mind the poll dates. Even though Dutt’s manager Dharam Oberoi says the actor will join the schedule from May 15, sources say the actual date may be much later since election results will be announced on May 16. Dutt also wrapped up a song for the film Chatur Singh Two Star in a day-and-a-half at Mehboob Studios earlier this week because he had to fly to Lucknow soon after. Says a unit hand, “Dutt saab didn’t arrive for the first two days. Then he requested director Ashok Chandok to wrap up the song in three shifts.”
Vinod Rathod, who has a lot of Sanjay Dutt songs to his credit, will definitely go to campaign for the star in Lucknow. Rumour has it that even Arshad ‘Circuit’ Warsi has been approached to lend support to Munnabhai.
Source:timesofindia.indiatimes.com