Ramayan & Mahabharat stars a success on political stage too | Lucknow Information
Onscreen Lord Ram, Arun Govil, is among the many stars who’ve taken the ballot plunge on this Lok Sabha elections. BJP has fielded Govil from Meerut, which can also be his hometown.
Nonetheless, he isn’t the primary ‘epic’ icon to enter real-life politics. No less than half a dozen stars from the blockbuster serials Ramayan and Mahabharat have been to the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha prior to now.The listing contains Sita (Dipika Chikhliya), Hanuman (Dara Singh) and Ravan (Arvind Trivedi) from Ramayan, and Raja Bharat (Raj Babbar) and Draupadi (Rupa Ganguly) from Mahabharat. Aside from Ganguly and Gajendra Chauhan (Yudhishthir), the 5 others tasted victory of their maiden effort. Most of them have been fielded by the BJP and received.
The get together additionally despatched a few of them (Dara Singh and Rupa Ganguly) to the Rajya Sabha. Giving causes for TV stars coming into the ballot enviornment, Chikhlia says: “I feel all of us acquired the love of the individuals within the type of votes. I took to politics to achieve out to a dedicated part of individuals.” A more in-depth take a look at the journey of those TV icons signifies that whereas most of them had a brief stint in politics, solely Raj Babbar advanced as a seasoned politician.
Sharing the rationale for his longer political innings, Babbar says: “Be it epic stars, cine artists or some other movie star, the rationale behind their acceptability is the facility of recall and recognition that makes it simpler for them to attach with individuals. That’s in all probability what helped most of us.” On why many stars went again to their world after their political sojourn, Babbar says: “Nothing on this world comes free.
The higher acceptability comes with equal accountability. An actor is anticipated to strike a steadiness between private, skilled and public life. This will not be simple for all as a result of uniqueness of their circumstances and will compel some to choose. It’s fairly regular for individuals to choose their established realms.” Political commentators and social analysts admit that actors have finished properly in ballot enviornment.
“Relatability is a good issue that works in favour of such candidates. A lot of them are profitable star campaigners and crowd pullers which serve the aim of the get together,” says Prof Sushil Pandey, school at BBAU, Lucknow. Prof Vinod Chandra, sociologist and principal of Shri Jai Narayan Mishra PG Faculty, Lucknow, says actors return to their occupation as a result of they realise that the ‘reel’ and ‘actual’ world challenges are totally different.
