Start, camera, action: Celeb hits and flops in LS poll theatre

The celebrity quotient in politics often manifests during elections. And the just concluded Lok Sabha poll was no exception.

Here are the celebs who delivered hits and those who flopped in world's largest democratic exercise.

HITS

Actress: Sumalatha Ambreesh

Produced by: Independent-BJP

Scripted from: Mandya, Karnataka

Actress: Hema Malini

Sumalatha to contest as Independent from Mandya
Sumalatha

Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

Actress: Navneet Kaur Rana

Produced by: Yuva Swabhiman Party

Scripted from: Amravati, Maharashtra

Actor: Sunny Deol

Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: Gurudaspur, Punjab

Actress: Roja

Produced by: YSR

Scripted from: Nagari, Andhra assembly constituency

Actress: Kirron Kher

Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: Chandigarh

Actor: Manoj Tiwari

SC closes contempt proceedings against Manoj Tiwari

Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: North East Delhi

Actor: Babul Supriyo

Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: Asansol, West Bengal

Actress: Mimi Chakraborty

Produced by: All India Trinamool Congress

Scripted from: Jadavpur, Bengal

Singer: Hans Raj Hans

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Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: North West Delhi

Actress: Locket Chatterjee

Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: Hoogly West Bengal

FLOPS

Actress: Jayaprada

Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: Uttar Pradesh

Actor: Shatrughan Sinha

Produced by: Congress

Scripted from: Patna Sahib, Bihar

Actor: Prakash Raj

Produced by: Independant

Scripted from: Banglore central, Karnataka

Actor: Suresh Gopi

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Urmila is widely considered in the reckoning for a Congress nomination from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency.

Produced by: BJP

Scripted from: Thrissur, Kerala

Actress: Urmila Matondkar

Produced by: Congress

Scripted from: Mumbai North, Maharashtra

Actor: Innocent

Produced by: CPI(M)

Scripted from: Chalakudy, Kerala

Actress: Moon Moon Sen

Produced by: All India Trinamool Congress

Scripted from: Asansol, Bengal

Actress: Poonam Sinha

Days after Shatrughan's Congress entry, wife Poonam joins SP
Poonam Sinha joined the party in the presence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav. Photop: Twitter/Samajwadi party

Produced by: Samajwadi Party

Scripted from: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Actor: Mansoor Ali Khan

Produced by: Naam Tamilar Katchi

Scripted from: Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

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